New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today fixed December 8 for hearing the pleas against demonetisation which questioned the government allowing certain public utilities including hospitals and petrol pumps to use the old notes.
A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice V K Rao said that it will take up the matter in December as the Supreme Court is seized with the petition of Centre seeking a stay on proceedings before various high courts and other courts against government’s November 8 decision to demonetise high-value currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000.
“We will defer the matter for December 8 and wait for the apex court’s direction on the Centre’s petition,” the court said.
It was, however, opposed by the petitioner’s counsel who has also sought discontinuation of the new Rs 2,000 currency note, terming the move as “unconstitutional and bad in law”.
The Centre had told the Supreme Court that proceedings in various courts except the apex court on the issue will create a lot of confusion.
