Petitioner sought exchange of demonetised Rs.500/Rs.1,000 notes seized as case property in a 2007 FIR for current legal tender. Court pointed to the procedure under the Specified Bank Notes Rules, 2017 and disposed of the writ petition directing the petitioner to follow that route.
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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD
O R D E R % 19.03.2024
II. Any other order or direction as the Hon’ble Court may please.”
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“2. Deposit of specified bank notes with Reserve Bank. - (1) Where in pursuance of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance number S.O. 3407(E), dated the 8th November, 2016, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, the specified banks notes have been accepted from their customers,-
(b) by any District Central Cooperative Bank within the period of 10th November to 14th November, 2016,
such specified bank notes may be deposited by such Bank, Post Office or District Central Cooperative Bank, as the case may be, in any office of the Reserve
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Bank, within a period of 30 days from the commencement of these rules, and get the exchange value thereof by credit to the account of such Bank, Post Office or District Central Cooperative Bank, as the case may be, subject to the satisfaction of the Reserve Bank of the conditions specified in the said notification and the reasons for non-deposit of the specified bank notes within the period under that notification.”
SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J
MARCH 19, 2024 S. Zakir
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner's seized demonetised currency (case property in an FIR) can be exchanged for valid legal tender under the Specified Bank Notes Rules, 2017.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Prahlad Aggarwal
Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Ors.
Subramonium Prasad
As recorded by the court registry
A petition under Article 226 of the Constitution asking a High Court to issue a writ against the State or a public authority in a civil matter.
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