New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned hearing on the demonetisation issue to December 2 when it will examine the constitutional validity of the government's decision to ban old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.
The other issues to be examined by the apex court on that day include the steps which needed to be taken to reduce inconvenience to the people and whether all the 24 PILs pending in various high courts should be transferred to Delhi High Court.
Friday’s hearing lasted 20 minutes with lawyers vying with each other to make themselves heard. The Chief Justice asked about the situation on the ground and sought ways to reduce the inconvenience to people.
Some lawyers highlighted the hardship caused to the common man and alleged that the NDA government had committed a fraud on the people of the country.
One petitioner supported the government policy on demonetisation citing media reports and said people were happy with the move.
Kapil Sibal, however, submitted that principle of law needs to be decided first in this case before delving into other questions considering the plight of people suffering on the streets.
The petition was listed before CJI TS Thakur and Justice DY Chandrachud. The petitioners are practicing lawyers, one is an advocate on record at the SC, Vivek Narayan and the other is advocate Sangam Lal Pandey.
Sharma’s petition questioned the manner of implementation of demonetization which has “failed to follow constitutional rule of law and was without any sufficient time for the citizens to prepare for such phasing out of specified bank notes.” The petitioners had also questioned the infringement of the constitutional “Right to Life” and “Right to Trade.”
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