The many PILs filed on demonetisation were decided by the 4:1 decision which is not in public interest for the following reasons. The RBI was consulted but Chairman Raghuram Rajan reportedly had not agreed. The decision was taken suddenly and RBI was not ready to handle the fallout. If secrecy was required an ordinance could have been issued so the matter could subsequently be discussed in Parliament! If results of such decision, where as a consequence people die, suffer in great distress, economy of country is damaged, businesses have to close down, tourists are stranded without access to their own money and the stated aims not achieved as clearly elucidated to the bench, however good and noble the intention may have been, where do the public go for accountability and justice if not the Supreme Court? The lone dissenting junior most woman judge appears to have seen through the charade!
