Demonetisation: Calcutta High Court seeks report from Centre
While hearing a public interest litigation (PIL), filed by lawyer Ramaprasad Sarkar against the Centre's decision of scrapping Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes, a division bench of the Calcutta HC, comprising of Chief Justice Girish Chandra Gupta and Justice Arindam Sinha, criticized the demonetisation process.
According to the division bench, government did not do proper homework before taking the decision, which led to the currency crisis in the country.
The High Court also observed that bank employees should have taken more active role in such situation to reduce people's harassment.
However, the court said that it would not direct the Central government to cancel its decision or policy.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is presently in Delhi to fight against the Centre's order of demonetisation, welcomed the Calcutta HC's direction.
Meanwhile, the West Bengal government has formed a high-level committee, led by state's Chief Secretary Basudeb Banerjee, on Friday to observe the live effects of demonetisation and currency crisis in the state.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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