Plea in SC seeks inquiry commission to investigate Republic Day violence
Delhi Tractor Rally update: Plea says a three-member inquiry commission under the chairmanship of a former top court judge and two retired high court judges should be set up for collecting and recording evidence
PTI | January 27, 2021 | Updated 13:13 IST
Tractor rally violence: Delhi Police has registered 22 FIRs so far in connection with the violence in which over 300 policemen were injured, officials said on Wednesday
A plea was filed on Wednesday in the Supreme Court seeking setting up of a commission, headed by a retired apex court judge, to inquire the violence during the protesting farmers tractor rally in the national capital on the Republic Day. The plea has also sought direction to the concerned authority to lodge First Information Report (FIR) under relevant penal provisions against the individuals or organisations responsible for the violence and causing dishonour of the National Flag on January
The plea has also sought direction to the concerned authority to lodge First Information Report (FIR) under relevant penal provisions against the individuals or organisations responsible for the violence and causing dishonour of the National Flag on January 26.
UPDATED: January 27, 2021 00:08 IST
Farmers remove police barricades set up near Red Fort during their tractor rally on Tuesday (Source: PTI)
What started as a peaceful demonstration on November 26 last year, when thousands of farmers gathered at the capital s doorstep protesting against the three contentious farm laws,
So far, eleven rounds of talks between the government and farmer unions have failed to break the impasse although Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar has offered a proposal to keep the laws under suspension for 1-1.5 years. The farmers, on the other hand, have demanded a complete repeal of the three black laws and legal guarantee of the government for minimum support price (MSP) of their crops.
CJI Bobde Was Once Closely Associated With Farmers Group Whose Head is Now in SC Committee
Anil Ghanawat joined the Shetkari Sanghatana after Bobde, as a Nagpur lawyer, stopped representing the group but veterans from the time question his inclusion in the farm laws committee appointed by the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde. Photo: PTI
Law23/Jan/2021
Nagpur: Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde used to have a close relationship with the Shetkari Sanghatana, a farmersâ group whose current president Anil Ghanawat is on the Supreme Court-appointed committee to mediate between the government and farmers protesting against three new farm laws. Tens of thousands of farmers, especially from Punjab and Haryana, have been camping on the borders outside Delhi in protest for several weeks now, insisting that the government repeal the laws.
India News: Farmer unions opposed to the central farm laws on Thursday rejected the government’s proposal to put implementation of the legislations on hold and de