PARLIAMENT DISCUSSION AND PIL FILED IN HIGH COURT


 Due to the spikes on cryptocurrency, we can see the downfall in the crypto market (Some coins are in the loss like Bitcoin, while on another side some coins are at high like doge, Shiba INU).

According to India’s former finance minister Subhash Garg, “it is misleading to say that private cryptocurrencies will be banned.”

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 30-11-2021 said the risk of cryptocurrency going in the wrong hands is being monitored. The Minister also stated that there is no decision to stop advertisements of digital currencies.

Ms. Sitharaman also stated that there were extensive discussions on the regulatory capacity of cryptocurrencies and “let’s wait for the Bill”.

“There were other dimensions and the old Bill had to be reworked and now we are trying to work on a new Bill,” she added.

 

While on the other side, The Bombay high court on 30-11-2021 directed the Union government to update it on the proposed cryptocurrency legislation expected to be tabled during Parliament’s ongoing winter session.

The high court was hearing public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions for the government to enact appropriate laws to address the growing threat of cryptocurrencies and malpractices at trading platforms. The petition, filed by Advocate Aditya Kadam, stated that in the absence of appropriate legislation and statutory authority, aggrieved persons do not have a redressal mechanism.

Investors face problems as their rights were being violated and their investments were at risk as the cryptocurrency business in India is unregulated, Kadam said.

The HC bench of chief justice Dipankar Datta and justice M S Karnik then asked the Centre to update it on the proposed legislation and posted the matter for hearing on January 17, 2022.

Comments