Supreme Court of India
Vivek Narayan Sharma v. Union of India
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In view of the above conclusions, I do not think it is necessary to answer the other questions raised in t he reference order.
Judgment, page 230
From the headnote
Demonetisation – Notification No. 3407( ) dated 8th November 2016 by which Central Government declared that the bank notes of denominations of the existing series of the value of five hundred rupees and one thousand rupees shall c ease to be legal tender with effect from 9 th November 2016 – Act or policy of ‘demonetisation’ – Interpretation of sub-section (2) of s.26 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Meaning of “any” series of “any” denomination – Power of the Central Government to initi ate and carry out demonetisation in absence of recommendation to this effect by the Central Board
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