Kali Digital, which runs the crypto exchange - CoinRecoil, set to be launched in August 2018, filed an official claim on April 16, expressing that RBI's circular violates the Articles 19 (1) (g) of the Indian Constitution – allowing citizens the right to any occupation, trade, or business – and Article 14 – prohibiting discrimination between equals. The High Court of Delhi's notice, issued by Judges S. Ravindra Bhat and A. K. Chawla seeks a response from the three parties involved, by May 24.
Kali Digital understands that RBI's decision will prevent CoinRecoil's business activities in an unlawful way, as indicated by a passage of the case written in nearby news outlet The Economic Times:
“On account of the impugned circular, the petitioner will not be able to avail banking services to operate the cryptocurrency exchange ‘CoinRecoil’. Such banking services are imperative for the business of the petitioner. Consequently, the business [...] is stillborn.”Kali Digital incorporated the GST Council in the claim because of what they see as an inability to "outline fitting regulation on crypto-currency standards [sic] [...] [that] expanded the vulnerability over the treatment of such transactions and is adversely influencing the proposed business of the petitioner," the Times of India composes.
Tech investor and crypto enthusiast Tim Draper too had reacted contrarily to the RBI's circular, saying in an
interview that the Indian government’s refusal to recognize cryptocurrency as valid tender is “the stupidest thing” and that he would have told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that RBI’s crypto ban is a “huge mistake.”
Delhi high court seeks a response from RBI regarding
Cryptocurrency BanSC Refuses To Grant Temporary Relief on RBI's Cryptocurrency Ban
They have been granted the time as the
final hearing is scheduled for September 11.