Petitioner Pooja Mahajan, running a designer showroom, through her counsel A Maitri urged the high court that the issue should be heard prior to December 8 on the ground that not only she but others are also being deprived of earning livelihood and their fundamental rights are being infringed.
To which the bench said, “If you feel urgency, you can come prior to the date fixed and request to prepone the date but first let the Supreme Court decide the transfer petition of the Centre.”
Mahajan in her plea also accused the government of taking a dual stand saying on one hand it was encouraging people to deposit old notes in bank accounts and on the other hand, it was threatening them of prosecution for depositing over Rs 2.5 lakh.
Besides Mahajan, another plea by Birender Sangwan was today filed seeking direction to the Centre to ensure that all the ATMs are dispensing cash and people do not suffer.
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)
