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Documentation placed in the Supreme court in the Demonetisation case the judgement for which came out yesterday, shows how the decision of Demonetisation was announced just 24 hours after the Centre sent the proposal to the RBI. In this video, our Associate Editor Arti ghargi highlights two points from Demonetisation judgement. 

The Supreme Court observed that a Prime Minister or the Chief Minister does not have disciplinary control over the members of the Council of Ministers. The Constitution Bench made this observation while holding that a statement made by a Minister, even if traceable to any affairs of the State or for protecting the Government, cannot be attributed vicariously to the Government by invoking the principle of collective responsibility. In this episode of the Editorial, our Managing Editor Mr Sujit Nair shares his take on the matter. 

The Supreme Court today upheld the government's 2016 note ban decision which phased out old Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes by a 4:1 majority. The apex court said that the decision-making process was not flawed. A five-judge Constitution bench of the apex court, headed by Justice S A Nazeer, said that there has to be a great restraint in matters of economic policy and the court cannot supplant the wisdom of the executive by a judicial review of its decision. However, the dissenting judge said that the order was unlawful and vitiated.