Hearing a clutch of PILs that have challenged the validity of the notifications, the bench asked the government to submit by November 25 a comprehensive affidavit over the legal validity of the notifications as well as elaborate on measures it has taken subsequently to address concerns of the people.
It added: “There is a general feeling that inconvenience has been caused to people who may have nothing to do with black money… those standing in long queues are not the ones you want to target for black money. For the present, we are only wondering if you can do something to reduce their suffering…we may understand your objective behind these notifications but instead of forcing common man to stand in queues for hours, why don’t you raise the limit of money?”
Rohatgi sought to emphasise that it was a policy decision taken after extensive deliberation and that the government was willing to identify areas and take corrective steps to prevent hardship to the common man.
