Deposit withdrawal will be restricted to Rs 10,000 per depositor during the entire six months that the Bank will be under directions, with effect from the close of business on December 6.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it has the power to examine the manner in which the decision for demonetisation was taken adding that the judiciary cannot fold its hands and sit just because it is an economic policy decision.
India's October inflation dropped to 6.77 per cent, from 7.41 per cent in the preceding month, mainly due to easing prices in the food basket, though it remained above Reserve Bank's comfort level for the 10th month in a row.
At the time of writing this report, Sensex traded at 62,600.88 points, down 233.72 points or 0.37 per cent, whereas Nifty traded at 18,627.45 points, down 73.60 points or 0.39 per cent.
Appearing for Centre, Attorney General R Venkatramani and representing RBI, senior advocate Jaideep Gupta has defended the Centre's demonetisation decision before a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court.
The penalty was slapped on the non-adherence, violation of directions issued under exposure norms and statutory or other restrictions - urban cooperative banks, the central bank said.
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeks direction to implement a Uniform Banking Code for foreign exchange transactions to control black money generation and Benami transactions.
At the time of writing this report, Sensex traded at 62,516.75 points, down 351.75 points or 0.56 per cent, whereas Nifty traded at 18,600.80 points, down 95.30 points or 0.51 per cent. Rupee opened at 81.23 against the US dollar. On Friday, it closed at 81.32.
The Reserve Bank of India's three-day monetary policy committee meeting commences today. Financial markets will be keenly watching the committee's stance as consumer inflation is still above the 6 per cent target band.
The Reserve Bank of India's three-day monetary policy committee meeting is set to commence today. Financial markets will be keenly watching the committee's rate hike stance if any, as inflation is still above the 6 per cent target band.