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Six years after the shock move to ban 86 per cent of the currency in circulation, cash is still the king with official data showing close to doubling of cash with the public.

The Supreme Court today upheld the demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes. Justice BV Nagarathna dissented as the four other judges of the five-judge bench ruled in favour of the Centre's 2016 exercise.

Rajiv Kumar, the former vice-chairman of government's thinktank Niti Aayog, today gave a mixed report card to the notes ban of 2016.

Congress's P Chidambaram stopped short of questioning the Supreme Court verdict on notes ban today, and instead, pointed out its shortcomings.

Over three dozen petitions have been filed against the Centre’s November 8, 2016, move to ban currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations, following which the apex court had asked the Centre and RBI to file their replies.

The 2016 demonetisation was a "well-considered" decision and part of a larger strategy to combat the menace of fake money, terror financing, black money and tax evasion, the Union government has told the Supreme Court.

Heres how to exchange damaged currency notes, know what RBI rule states - How much amount will be received in exchange for a torn note, is decided by the price of the note and how much part of it is present.