9.10 am: Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said on Tuesday that a person cannot be disqualified from being a member of a committee just beca...
9.10 am: Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said on Tuesday that a person cannot be disqualified from being a member of a committee just because they have earlier expressed an opinion on the subject that is under consideration by the panel. He was indirectly referring to the four-member committee created by the Supreme Court to resolve the deadlock between protesting farmers and the Centre on three contentious agricultural laws.
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Farm law protests: ‘Opinions can change’, says CJI in defence of panel formed to resolve deadlock
9 am: The Supreme Court will resume the hearing on the application filed by the Delhi Police seeking a direction to put an injunction on the proposed tractor rally by farmers on Republic Day, reports the Hindustan Times.
8.50 am: The Shimla police say that three farmers who came to the city to protest against the farm laws were arrested, reports ANI. The police add that the farmers were trying to hold a protest at the Ridge Maidan without permission.
8.40 am: Representatives of the farmers’ union and the Centre will hold the tenth round of talks to resolve the deadlock over the three farm laws today.
8.35 am: Tens of thousands of farmers have been camping out on the outskirts of Delhi for nearly two months. The farmers believe...
