Demonetisation Cases

Supreme Court Judge BV Nagarathna has cautioned against instances of governors sitting indefinitely on bills passed by elected legislatures, referring to the case involving the Punjab Governor.

The Supreme Court's verdict on demonetisation deals only with the decision-making process, and it is "misleading" to say that the court has upheld the notes ban, the Congress said today.

The Supreme Court backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2016 notes ban today in a landmark 4-1 majority judgment and said it was "not relevant" whether the objective of the overnight ban was achieved. One judge disagreed, calling the move "unlawful".

The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its judgment on Monday on a batch of pleas challenging the government's 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to put on record relevant records relating to the government's 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination for its perusal.

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice S A Nazeer is hearing a batch of 58 petitions challenging the demonetisation exercise.

Petitions to be heard on Nov 9 challenge Constitutional validity of rendering 80% of all notes worthless unless exchanged, in PM's sudden announcement

A businessman from Ulhasanagar in Thane district was cheated of Rs 67.50 lakh allegedly by a group of persons who promised to get demonetized notes exchanged, a police official said on Friday.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint in the infamous demonetisation scam in which cash of approximately Rs 111 crore was deposited immediately after the announcement of demonetisation on November 8, 2016.

Over four years after the demonetisation exercise, the CBI has booked the executive manager of a bank, three firm proprietors and two persons for depositing Rs 12.84 crore in banned currency which was later transferred to different accounts through net banking as legitimate money, officials said.

The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday cancelled a case against a journalist for a social media post alleging that a man from Jharkhand deposited money after demonetisation into the bank account of a couple related to Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and directed that a CBI inquiry be conducted into the matter.

Rahul Gandhi tweeted this morning that future Harvard Business School studies on failure would include COVID-19, demonetisation and the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Amid the growing number of coronavirus cases, the Shiv Sena on Monday said the way Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the sudden decision of demonetisation, a similar approach could have been followed and train services could have been suspended much earlier.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Thursday alleged that the government is amending the RTI Act as the Prime Minister is "taking revenge" for the disclosure in five cases directed under it which includes disclosure of demonetisation and regarding his educational qualifications.

About 146 kg of gold jewellery worth over Rs 82 crore has been seized by the ED after it raided the premises of a Hyderabad-based jewellery group and its associates in connection with a post demonetisation money laundering case

Supreme Court Judge BV Nagarathna has cautioned against instances of governors sitting indefinitely on bills passed by elected legislatures, referring to the case involving the Punjab Governor.

The Supreme Court's verdict on demonetisation deals only with the decision-making process, and it is "misleading" to say that the court has upheld the notes ban, the Congress said today.

The Supreme Court backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2016 notes ban today in a landmark 4-1 majority judgment and said it was "not relevant" whether the objective of the overnight ban was achieved. One judge disagreed, calling the move "unlawful".

The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its judgment on Monday on a batch of pleas challenging the government's 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to put on record relevant records relating to the government's 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination for its perusal.

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice S A Nazeer is hearing a batch of 58 petitions challenging the demonetisation exercise.

Petitions to be heard on Nov 9 challenge Constitutional validity of rendering 80% of all notes worthless unless exchanged, in PM's sudden announcement

A businessman from Ulhasanagar in Thane district was cheated of Rs 67.50 lakh allegedly by a group of persons who promised to get demonetized notes exchanged, a police official said on Friday.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint in the infamous demonetisation scam in which cash of approximately Rs 111 crore was deposited immediately after the announcement of demonetisation on November 8, 2016.

Over four years after the demonetisation exercise, the CBI has booked the executive manager of a bank, three firm proprietors and two persons for depositing Rs 12.84 crore in banned currency which was later transferred to different accounts through net banking as legitimate money, officials said.

The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday cancelled a case against a journalist for a social media post alleging that a man from Jharkhand deposited money after demonetisation into the bank account of a couple related to Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and directed that a CBI inquiry be conducted into the matter.

Rahul Gandhi tweeted this morning that future Harvard Business School studies on failure would include COVID-19, demonetisation and the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Amid the growing number of coronavirus cases, the Shiv Sena on Monday said the way Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the sudden decision of demonetisation, a similar approach could have been followed and train services could have been suspended much earlier.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Thursday alleged that the government is amending the RTI Act as the Prime Minister is "taking revenge" for the disclosure in five cases directed under it which includes disclosure of demonetisation and regarding his educational qualifications.

About 146 kg of gold jewellery worth over Rs 82 crore has been seized by the ED after it raided the premises of a Hyderabad-based jewellery group and its associates in connection with a post demonetisation money laundering case