Though it refused to tinker with demonetisation, a batch of petitions challenging the move has been referred to a five- judge constitution bench for an authoritative pronouncement.
Besides getting the flak on demonetisation, the BJP-led NDA government also got a shock treatment from the apex court for imposing President’s Rule in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, even as it was engaged in a war of words with the judiciary over appointment of judges for higher judiciary with each accusing the other of crossing the ‘Lakshmanrekha’.
