November 17, 2016 9:08 PM

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Centre moves SC to stay proceedings against demonetisation

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a fresh plea of Centre seeking a stay on the proceedings before various high courts and other courts except the apex court against its decision to demonetise high denomination currency notes of 500 and 1,000.<br/><br/> The bench agreed to the contention of Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, that proceedings in various courts except the apex court on the issue will create a lot of confusion.<br/><br/> The bench said the matter will be heard by another bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur which is hearing a batch of PILs against the Centre's demonetisation move. <br/><br/>The apex court, on Tuesday refused to stay the government's demonetisation notification but asked it to spell out the steps taken to minimise public inconvenience.

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