New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to restrain the various High Courts from entertaining public interest litigations pertaining to demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currencies and sought a stay on all pending proceedings before them.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi mentioned the matter before a bench of Justices A. R. Dave and A.M. Kanwilkar that since the apex court is already examining the issues and passing orders, it will be better if the High Courts are restrained from passing orders to prevent unnecessary confusion and chaos. The Bench agreed to list the matter for hearing on Friday before a Bench headed by the Chief Justice T.S. Thakur.
On November 15 the Supreme Court refused to interfere with the central government’s decision to demonetise Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes but sought an affidavit as to what urgent extra measures can be taken to put an end to the severe inconvenience caused to the people.
