Dear Stephen-bab, If only SC could avoid frustrations of common Indian with almost 4 lac+ pending cases in various courts of India and avoid taking frivolous cases like santa banta joke case. Pl refer link below for furthering your knowledge:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/santa-banta-jokes-under-supreme-court-scanner/ Regards, Sidharth Kuncalienker On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 4:57 AM, Stephen Dias <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Readers, > > Hope the sufferings of people may alleviate in days to come and let us be > optimist. > > Stephen Dias > ===================== > ----- > SC considers demonetisation a serious issue. > > > IIF SUFFERING GOES ON, THERE MAY BE RIOTS: SC > > 19/11/2016 1:41 NAVIND TIMES > > NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stop high courts from > entertaining petitions challenging the Centre’s demonetisation notification > saying that people are seriously affected and doors of courts cannot be > shut in a situation which “may lead to riots”. > > While dubbing the long queues outside banks and post offices as a “serious > issue”, the apex court expressed its reservation on the Centre’s plea > seeking a direction that no other court in the country should entertain > petitions challenging the November 8 notification. > > “It is a serious issue which requires consideration,” a bench comprising > Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice A R Dave said, while asking the > parties to be ready with data and other issues in writing. > > “Some measures are required. See the kind of problems people are facing. > People have to go to the high court. If we shut them from going to the high > court, how can we know the magnitude of the problem? People going to > different courts indicates the magnitude of the problem,” the bench said. > > It made the remarks as Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi submitted that any > matter relating to challenge the demonetisation issue be heard by the apex > court only. > > However, the bench said, “People are affected and they have the right to > approach the courts. People are frantic. There may be riots.” > > Noting that there are difficulties, it asked the AG, “Can you (the Centre) > dispute it.” > > The AG said there is no dispute, but the queues are getting shorter and > even suggested that the CJI can go out during lunch and himself look at the > queue. > > “Kindly go in the lunch time,” the AG told the bench and took objection to > senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for a private party, for allegedly > exaggerating the situation. > > “It’s a political attempt in the court. I have seen your (Sibal’s) press > conference also. You are not appearing for a political party, but for an > advocate. You are turning the apex court into a political platform,” > Rohatgi said. > > However, Sibal said, “I have the freedom of speech to criticise government > policies. I am talking here about the problem faced by people and not > politics.” > > He claimed that 47 people have died since November 8 and a serious > situation has arisen due the shortage of currency notes in the banks. > > At the outset, the bench questioned the relief measures undertaken by the > Centre by saying, “Last time you said there will be relief for people in > the coming days but you have squeezed the exchange limit to Rs 2,000 only.” > > “What is the difficulty?” the bench asked Rohatgi. > > The AG explained the situation by stating that after printing, the > currency has to be moved to thousands of centres across the country and > ATMs have to be recalibrated. > > “There is no shortage of funds,” he said. > > To questions from the bench, the AG said Rs 100 notes are in circulation > and the ATMs needed to be recalibrated to issue new currency notes of Rs > 500 and Rs 2,000. > > Rohatgi said the higher denomination notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes > formed 80-85 per cent of the currency notes in circulation before November > 8. > > He also elaborated on the steps taken by the government to meet the > situation by stating that besides reducing the exchange limit, farmers have > been allowed to withdraw Rs 50,000 and people having weddings at home can > withdraw Rs 2.5 lakh. > > “At a petrol pump, which has card swipe machine of SBI, people can go and > withdraw money upto Rs 2,000. We have been monitoring the situation > day-by-day,” Rohatgi said and added that the idea was to push the new notes > of Rs 2,000 as one note of Rs 2,000 is equal to 20 notes of Rs 100. > > At this point, Sibal interrupted and said the problem is of printing as > they need to print Rs 23 lakh crore, but they do not have the capacity to > do that. > > “Already they have frozen Rs 14,000 crore and it is not clear under which > law they have done so,” he said, contending that it is a serious situation > where people cannot withdraw their own taxed money. > > “They are trustee, how can they not let us withdraw our legitimate money,” > he said, adding that “the situation has turned from bad to worse”. > > Sibal said the government was not concerned about the people living in > remote areas of the North-East, Himachal Pradesh and Naxal-hit district of > Bastar where people have to walk for 20 kms to reach an ATM. > > ====================================== > > PLEASE READ ALSO PRESS NEWS REPORT PUBLISHED IN THE GOAN DATED 20TH NOV > 2016 > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------------- > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: <[email protected]> > Date: 20 November 2016 at 04:00 > Subject: Please read this interesting article!! > To: [email protected] > > > Hi stephen dias , > > Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardessai gives his comments on India Today > about demonetisation which demonised cash. > > Please read this interesting article: http://everyday.thegoan.net/ >
