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New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to list the matter for urgent hearing on the petition filed by lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay during the summer break in connection with his plea to exchange Rs 2000 currency notes without identification slips.

New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court's vacation bench on Thursday refused to entertain the appeal filed by lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking an urgent hearing of his petition challenging the RBI's permission (order) for exchanging Rs 2,000 currency notes without any identity proof.

In the previous hearing, the RBI had argued that this exercise was only for exchange of notes, and after September 30 — the deadline for exchanging currency notes of Rs 2,000 denomination — a decision may be taken after seeing a result of the exchange.