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Friday, March 10, 2017

why old 500 and 1000 notes were not accepted till March 31 as was promised.supreme court asked Govt

The on Monday took note of the alleged tweaking of rules by the Centre and the Reserve of India (RBI) on exchanging demonetised currency notes and sought their responses on why old ones were not accepted till March 31 as was promised.

The Prime Minister's address to the nation on the evening of November 8 last year on and subsequent notification of the that the devalued currency notes can be exchanged at offices even up to March 31, 2017 were valid assurances which stood breached by the ordinance, the counsel for petitioner Sudha Mishra said.


"Issue notice, returnable by Friday (March 10)," a bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices and S K Kaul said.

It also asked the counsel to serve the copy of the petition to the Centre and the during the day to ensure effective hearing on March 10.

It was alleged that the Prime Minister and the had assured the people at large that demonetised currency notes can be exchanged at banks, post offices and branches and if people are unable to deposit them by that day then they can do so till March 31, 2017 at branches after complying with some formalities.

The lawyer then referred to the Specified Notes Cessation of Liabilities Ordinance and said it had breached the assurance.

The Ordinance said that only those who were abroad, the armed forces personnel posted in remote areas or others who can give valid reasons for not being able to deposit the cancelled notes at banks, can deposit the demonetised currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes till March 31.

The Centre had come out with the Ordinance making possession of a large number of scrapped banknotes a penal offence that will attract monetary fine.

The Ordinance also provided for amending the Act to provide legislative support for extinguishing the demonetised banknotes that are not returned.

While the high-denomination currency ceased to be a legal tender from midnight of November 8, 2016, a mere notification was thought to be not enough to end the central bank's liability and avoiding future litigations.

The deadline for the deposit of old currency in or post office accounts expired on December 30, 2016 and time till March 31 was made available to only those people who were abroad, armed forces personnel posted in remote areas or others who can give valid reasons for not being able to deposit the cancelled notes at banks.

Of the Rs 15.4 lakh crore worth of currency that was scrapped, about Rs 14 lakh crore has been deposited in banks or exchanged till December 28.

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