This is one demonetisation story that has a happy ending – though after a decade of waiting.

Girish Rameshchandra Malani of Pune , who could not convert Rs 2 lakh in old notes of Rs 500 denomination as the money was seized on a charge that was later dismissed, is now set to get an equivalent amount in the new currency.

Originally from Akola and now based in Bibwewadi, Pune, the civil engineer and contractor says the experience has strengthened his faith in justice, but reinforced that it often comes too late. “It should not take these many years to get what is legally ours,” says Malani.

On December 1, 2016, the then 41-year-old, along with his sister Sonal Soni, was on his way to the Renuka Devi Temple in Mahur.…