Allow deposit of old notes, Supreme Court tells Centre: (The Hindu)
Context
- The SC on Tuesday instructs Centre to open options for genuine persons to deposit their hard-earned demonetized notes.
SC directs Centre
- SC suggests that there should be an open window to approach authorities to prove that it is their money.
- If the reason given is proved, such deprivation shouldn’t be allowed.
- The Centre restricted the grace period till March 31, 2017 only to Indian citizens who were abroad during the period between November 9 and December 30, 2016.
