Stay on 3 farm laws on cards, SC to pass order on January 12

The Supreme Court on Tuesday will pronounce its order on a bunch of petitions opposing the three farm laws and also the petitions seeking removal of the protesters from various Delhi bordersA bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde and comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said List these matters tomorrow ie 12012021 for ordersIn a detailed hearing which lasted close to two hours on Monday Chief Justice Bobde repeatedly questioned the Centres counsel Attorney General KK Venugopal and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta why are they insisting on the implementation of the lawWe are not experts on economy you tell us whether you are going to hold these laws or should we do it the bench told the CentreThe Chief Justice categorically cited the Centre hasnt communicated to it on the proposal to keep the implementation of these laws at abeyance for some timeThe AG argued that the laws cannot be stayed unless they violate the constitutional schemes or fundamental rights and this needs a detailed hearing Can be stayed if the government had no legislative competence but that is not the case here he arguedThe Chief Justice replied the Union of India has failed to take responsibility and the laws have resulted in a strike As the AG reiterated laws cannot be stayed the bench replied the Centre has failed to stop the agitation and the problem continues to remain unresolvedThe top court observed the talks between farmers and the Centre have failed to make any headway as the former wants laws to be repealed and the latter wants point by point discussion Citing its stay on the Maharashtra law granting reservation to Marathas in education in job and education the bench however said it is against the stay on any lawsReiterating its earlier proposal to constitute a courtappointed committee which could be headed by a former Chief Justice of India to resolve the impasse the top court asked the parties to suggest twothree names of former Chief Justices including former Chief Justice RM Lodha who can head this panelChief Justice Bobde disclosed that he had asked former Chief Justice P Sathasivam but he was disinclined since he doesnt understand HindiThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever