Misleading to say SC upheld demonetisation; verdict does not take care of end result, says Congress

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday stated the bulk verdict by the Supreme Court has steered away from the query whether or not the goals of the demonetisation train had been achieved in any respect.

The ‘minority’ judgement identified the ‘illegality’ and the ‘irregularities’ within the demonetisation, Chidambaram stated on Monday quickly after the apex court docket made its verdict.

Once the Supreme Court has declared the legislation, Chidambaram stated, we’re obliged to simply accept it.

“It may be only a slap on the wrist of the government, but a welcome slap on the wrist,” Chidambaram stated in a sequence of tweets.

“It is necessary to point out that the majority has not upheld the wisdom of the decision; nor has the majority concluded that the stated objectives were achieved. In fact, the majority has steered clear of the question whether the objectives were achieved at all,” he stated.

The dissenting judgement will rank among the many well-known dissents recorded within the historical past of the Supreme Court, the previous finance minister stated.

Verdict doesn’t take care of outcomes: Congress

It is “misleading and wrong” to say the Supreme Court has upheld demonetisation, the Congress declared, including that almost all apex court docket verdict on the matter offers with the restricted situation of the method of decision-making, and never with its outcomes.

“The majority Supreme Court verdict deals with the limited issue of the process of decision making not with its outcomes. To say that demonetisation has been upheld by the Honourable Supreme Court is totally misleading and wrong,” stated AICC basic secretary Jairam Ramesh.

The verdict has nothing to say on whether or not the said goals of demonetisation had been met or not, Ramesh stated.  “None of these goals – reducing currency in circulation, moving to cashless economy, curbing counterfeit currency, ending terrorism & unearthing black money-was achieved in significant measure,” he added.

The Supreme Court in a 4:1 majority verdict has upheld the federal government’s 2016 choice to demonetise Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination notes, saying the decision-making course of was not flawed.

Justice B V Nagarathna dissented from the bulk judgment of the Constitution bench headed by Justice S A Nazeer and stated the scrapping of the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 sequence notes needed to be executed by way of a laws and never by way of a notification.

Ramesh stated in an announcement that the Supreme Court has solely pronounced on whether or not Section 26(2) of RBI Act, 1934 was accurately utilized or not earlier than saying demonetisation on November 8 2016.

“Nothing more, nothing less. One judge in her dissenting opinion has said that Parliament should not have been bypassed,” he stated.

“It has said nothing on the impact of demonetisation which was a singularly disastrous decision. It damaged the growth momentum, crippled MSMEs, finished off the informal sector & destroyed lakhs and lakhs of livelihoods,” Ramesh stated.

In its verdict on Monday, the court docket stated there needs to be nice restraint in issues of financial coverage and the court docket can’t supplant the knowledge of the chief with a judicial evaluate of its choice.

The bench, additionally comprising Justices B R Gavai, A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, stated the Centre’s decision-making course of couldn’t have been flawed as there was session between the RBI and the Union authorities for a interval of six months.

NEW DELHI: Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday stated the bulk verdict by the Supreme Court has steered away from the query whether or not the goals of the demonetisation train had been achieved in any respect.

The ‘minority’ judgement identified the ‘illegality’ and the ‘irregularities’ within the demonetisation, Chidambaram stated on Monday quickly after the apex court docket made its verdict.

Once the Supreme Court has declared the legislation, Chidambaram stated, we’re obliged to simply accept it.

“It may be only a slap on the wrist of the government, but a welcome slap on the wrist,” Chidambaram stated in a sequence of tweets.

“It is necessary to point out that the majority has not upheld the wisdom of the decision; nor has the majority concluded that the stated objectives were achieved. In fact, the majority has steered clear of the question whether the objectives were achieved at all,” he stated.

The dissenting judgement will rank among the many well-known dissents recorded within the historical past of the Supreme Court, the previous finance minister stated.

Verdict doesn’t take care of outcomes: Congress

It is “misleading and wrong” to say the Supreme Court has upheld demonetisation, the Congress declared, including that almost all apex court docket verdict on the matter offers with the restricted situation of the method of decision-making, and never with its outcomes.

“The majority Supreme Court verdict deals with the limited issue of the process of decision making not with its outcomes. To say that demonetisation has been upheld by the Honourable Supreme Court is totally misleading and wrong,” stated AICC basic secretary Jairam Ramesh.

The verdict has nothing to say on whether or not the said goals of demonetisation had been met or not, Ramesh stated.  “None of these goals – reducing currency in circulation, moving to cashless economy, curbing counterfeit currency, ending terrorism & unearthing black money-was achieved in significant measure,” he added.

The Supreme Court in a 4:1 majority verdict has upheld the federal government’s 2016 choice to demonetise Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination notes, saying the decision-making course of was not flawed.

Justice B V Nagarathna dissented from the bulk judgment of the Constitution bench headed by Justice S A Nazeer and stated the scrapping of the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 sequence notes needed to be executed by way of a laws and never by way of a notification.

Ramesh stated in an announcement that the Supreme Court has solely pronounced on whether or not Section 26(2) of RBI Act, 1934 was accurately utilized or not earlier than saying demonetisation on November 8 2016.

“Nothing more, nothing less. One judge in her dissenting opinion has said that Parliament should not have been bypassed,” he stated.

“It has said nothing on the impact of demonetisation which was a singularly disastrous decision. It damaged the growth momentum, crippled MSMEs, finished off the informal sector & destroyed lakhs and lakhs of livelihoods,” Ramesh stated.

In its verdict on Monday, the court docket stated there needs to be nice restraint in issues of financial coverage and the court docket can’t supplant the knowledge of the chief with a judicial evaluate of its choice.

The bench, additionally comprising Justices B R Gavai, A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, stated the Centre’s decision-making course of couldn’t have been flawed as there was session between the RBI and the Union authorities for a interval of six months.