SC says Centre 'sensitive', will ease people's hardship

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to pass any interim order extending exemptions permitting the use of scrapped currency notes for essential services, even medical, and left it to the Centre to take the call.

Observing that the Centre was sensitive enough to the situation, a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur said the government will consider and take appropriate decision from time-to-time to ease the hardships being faced by the people.

Thereby, the SC barred all courts in the country from entertaining any petition challenging demonetisation.