Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi said demonetisation was not the issue up for hearing on Friday. “The Centre has moved an application seeking an omnibus order from the SC to restrain all other courts and high courts from entertaining any petition on demonetisation. Let the SC decide the issue and let there not be multiple proceedings across the country,” he said.
The bench refused. “The situation shows the kind of problem people are facing. They are distressed. So, let the petitions be filed. We cannot shut out people from going to courts to register their grievances. What can be done is transfer of all petitions to Delhi high court. But for that, the Centre has to file a transfer petition,” it said. The AG said he would soon file a petition seeking transfer of the cases to Delhi HC.
Before this, the bench told the AG, “During the hearing on Tuesday, we had requested you to examine whether daily cash exchange limit could be raised from Rs 4,500. But the government has reduced it to Rs 2,000 a day now. Why? Is there short supply of currency notes, even Rs 100 notes? We do not understand this. The government promised in court to give relief to people but reduced the cash exchange limit.”
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)
