SC Issues Notice On Plea To Allow Deposit Of Demonitised Currency Worth Rs 1.17 Crores
Live LawMore than two and half years after ban of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes, a fresh petition was filed by a Madurai based businessman before the Supreme Court seeking direction to Reserve Bank of India to accept his money amounting to Rs 1, 17,00, 872 which is part of his textile business. A Bench comprising justices N V Ramana, Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi issued notice to RBI and tagged the plea with other similar petitions which are pending before the Apex Court. Petitioner K Raman, proprietor of AJAI Exim, in his petition tells the Apex Court that the aforesaid amount was not accepted by any of the bank even on December 30, 2016, the last day of the deadline to deposit the old notes of Rs 1000 and Rs 500. In his first term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 November, 2016 had announced that Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes would no longer be valid from next day onwards.