Farmers’ protest: Delhi Cabinetrejects police’s panel of lawyers
The Hindu
Centre, through L-G, putting pressure on Cabinet to give nod to the list, says govt.
The Delhi Cabinet on Friday refused to permit Delhi Police’s proposed list of lawyers from appearing in the court cases related to the farmers’ protests. The cases were forwarded to the Cabinet by Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal. Earlier, Mr. Baijal had refused to let a panel of lawyers constituted by the Delhi government appear in the cases as public prosecutors. The Delhi government said the Central government, through the L-G, had been putting pressure on the Cabinet to give its nod to the list of lawyers sent by Delhi Police but it had refused to allow police’s own lawyers from appearing as public prosecutors.More Related News