The Supreme Court has today issued notice to the Government, seeking a response as to why the option of depositing the old notes post the Demonetization drive was withdrawn via the ordinance dated December 30..A Bench of CJI Khehar, DY Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul heard counsels for the petitioners, which include a businessman and a woman who was pregnant during the drive, at length..Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi also made his submissions before the Court, noting that the Ordinance did grant exception to certain classes of people, namely NRIs and persons who were abroad at the time. .He also stated that some of the petitioners’ reasons for not submitting the amount appeared to be very “cagey”..The matter is now posted for April 11.
The Supreme Court has today issued notice to the Government, seeking a response as to why the option of depositing the old notes post the Demonetization drive was withdrawn via the ordinance dated December 30..A Bench of CJI Khehar, DY Chandrachud and Sanjay Kishan Kaul heard counsels for the petitioners, which include a businessman and a woman who was pregnant during the drive, at length..Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi also made his submissions before the Court, noting that the Ordinance did grant exception to certain classes of people, namely NRIs and persons who were abroad at the time. .He also stated that some of the petitioners’ reasons for not submitting the amount appeared to be very “cagey”..The matter is now posted for April 11.