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April 23, 2018, 01:06:21 PM |
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The Supreme court of India issued a notice to the Reserve Bank (RBI), the Ministry of Finance and the tax administration (GST) alleging that the RBI's decision to ban cryptocurrency business violates India's Constitution.
After April 5, RBI issued a circular stating that the Bank no longer intends to provide services to individuals or businesses engaged in cryptocurrency, a petition was sent to the Supreme court against the ban, which was signed by more than 43,000 people.
Among them were the authors of the CoinRecoil project, who said that the RBI violates the Constitution of the country, the principles of which state that everyone is equal before the law, and all citizens have the right "to engage in any profession, as well as trade or business", and the decision of the regulator prevents the commercial activities of CoinRecoil, as other similar companies.
According to the partner of the law firm Khaitan and Co Rashmi Deshpande, the actions of the RBI threatened by the growing cryptocurrency sector.
"The reserve Bank of India has not yet provided appropriate regulation of cryptocurrencies, which increases uncertainty regarding the processing of transactions and adversely affects the business of cryptocurrency companies," he emphasizes.
Technical investor and crypto enthusiast Tim Draper also speaks very negatively about the RBI policy, calling its refusal to recognize the cryptocurrency as a legitimate payment method "a huge mistake". Not feel sorry for me, merit
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