Law prevails over PM Modi`s word |
The government of India`s top law officer, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, told Supreme Court that the “law will prevail over” Prime Minister Narendra Modi in deciding that people cannot be allowed to deposit demonetised currency after December 30, 2016. Rohatgi`s statement came in the wake of contentions that the government had wronged the people by issuing an ordinance to restrict the deposit of demonetised currency till December 30, 2016, after the Prime Minister had declared that old notes could be deposited till March 31, 2017. “There is no question of PM’s speech…if PM says March 31, 2017 but the law says December 30, 2016, the law will prevail over the PM. Let’s be clear about that first,” the A-G submitted before a bench led by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar.
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