Farmer groups rejected the committee, saying its members were already in favor of farm laws. New Delhi: The national president of the Bhartiya Kisan Union, Bhupinder Singh Mann, resigned from the committee appointed by the Supreme Court to investigate the Center’s controversial agricultural laws, saying that he did not wish …
Read More »All members elected to the Supreme Court committee had endorsed agricultural laws
New Delhi: The four members of the committee appointed by the Supreme Court to help resolve the ongoing farmers’ protest have taken a pro-farm law stance in the past, NDTV found. The committee was named tonight in a court order, which was hearing a slew of petitions challenging the Center’s …
Read More »Slamming Center on Protests and Process, SC Suggests Stay on Farm Laws, Panel for Talks
In one of its rare outbursts against the government of late, a Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde, questioned the process behind the enactment of the farm laws and expressed deep “disappointment” at the handling of the Center of agricultural protests. By scheduling his order for today, …
Read More »Farmers thank SC but draw a limit: no panel, no suspension, only repeal
While welcoming the Supreme Court’s outburst against the Center, unions representing protesting farmers rejected the idea of a committee to solve the problem and reiterated their demand to repeal the farm laws, not simply suspend them. On Monday, the supreme court indicated that it could suspend the implementation of the …
Read More »Farmers protest India: Supreme Court criticizes Center for agricultural protests and proposes to form panel | India News
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed extreme disappointment at the way the Center has handled farmers’ agitation over the new agricultural laws. The court also expressed concern about the state of agitation of farmers who have been camping on the outskirts of the capital for more than a …
Read More »Khattar’s kisan mahapanchayat in doubt after protesting against farmers for vandalizing the site
Haryana’s chief minister, Manohar Lal Khattar, is likely to cancel his kisan mahapanchayat program in Karnal after farmers who oppose the Center’s three agricultural laws uprooted tents and damaged the scene there. About 100 farmers marched on Sunday to the helipad in the village of Kaimla, where Khattar was scheduled …
Read More »Before Manohar Lal Khattar’s visit to Karnal, the police used tear gas on farmers
There have been reports and video recordings of the police clashing with farmers, using batons and tear gas. New Delhi: Haryana Police have cracked down on farmers protesting at a toll plaza near Karnal in Haryana, ahead of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s visit to a nearby village. Cell phone …
Read More »SC Hearing Tomorrow: Punjab Ready to Challenge Farm Laws
As talks between the Center and farmers’ unions opposing the new farm laws failed to make progress, and the Supreme Court was scheduled to hear a series of petitions related to the matter on Monday, the Punjab government said on Saturday that petitions to challenge the newly enacted laws had …
Read More »Talks stalled, tractor rally Jan 7: R-Day trial, farmers say
One day after his conversations with the Center were inconclusive, farmers’ unions protesting against the new farm laws said they would hold a “tractor gear“On the East and West Peripheral Highways on January 7, as a” rehearsal “for January 26. The next round of talks with the Center is scheduled …
Read More »Highlight from farmers’ protest: Waterproof mega tent set up on Singhu border as upheaval continues amid rain
Thousands of farmers protesting near Delhi against the Center’s three farm laws have decided to postpone their tractor march for one day as sporadic rain hampered their plans to organize a protest. The tractor march, scheduled for January 7, is a glimpse of how farmers plan to intensify their protest …
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