Validity of circular of RBI - directions issued to online ...
Court Upholds RBI's Direct Regulation of Payment Aggregators, Prioritizing Public Interest Over Petitioners' Concerns.
October 15, 2022
Case Laws Indian Laws HC
Validity of circular of RBI - directions issued to online payment gateway services - non-banking entities which offer payment aggregation services - - The 2009 Directions involved an indirect regulation and supervision of PAs. However, after RBI had put its Discussion paper in the public domain, the responses received by it were examined internally by the Board. The result of such deliberation convinced the RBI, that it should work on the third option outlined in the Discussion paper i.e., that which involved RBI's direct regulation and supervision of PAs since they were handling funds of customers. - The public interest element, which is imbued in the framing of the Guidelines, trumps the concerns raised by the petitioners. - HC
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