CJI : We are aware of those judgments. We are also aware of the Maratha bench judgment which stayed the implementation of Maratha reservation.
11 Jan 2021 12:37 PM IST
CJI to AG : We are sorry to say that you, as the Union of India, are not able to solve the problem. You have made a law without enough consultation resulting in a strike. So you have to resolve the strike.
11 Jan 2021 12:35 PM IST
Attorney General says that there are Supreme Court precedents saying that Courts cannot stay legislation.
CJI : No, no. That is not the complete picture.
11 Jan 2021 12:34 PM IST
CJI : Today's newspaper says that there is one political party which says that the Supreme Court should not decide on the policy of the law.
Tankha : If your lordship cannot decide, who can decide?
CJI : This is the quality of public discourse now.
11 Jan 2021 12:32 PM IST
Tankha says he is welcoming the suggestion from the bench to stay the implementation of the farmers laws.
11 Jan 2021 12:31 PM IST
Senior Advocate Vivek Tankha says he wants to say something on behalf for farmers from Madhya Pradesh.
11 Jan 2021 12:30 PM IST
CJI : We will hear at length on the constitutionality later. Not at this moment.
11 Jan 2021 12:27 PM IST
Sharma says that he has also challenged the constitution amendment which included entry relating to agriculture markets in concurrent list.
CJI : We are not going to stay a 1954 Constitution Amendment.
11 Jan 2021 12:27 PM IST
Advocate ML Sharma submits that the protests have been peaceful without violence and it was the police which is causing the problems.
11 Jan 2021 12:24 PM IST
Salve : If your lordships are staying the laws, then let the farmers call off the protests.
CJI : Mr.Salve, everything cannot be achieved with one order. Farmers will go before the Committee. Court will not pass an order that citizens should not protest.
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