SC panel meets Jagjit Dallewal after hearing

After Punjab government informed SC about a scheduled meeting with septuagenarian farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, an SC-appointed panel met him at around 3.30 pm on Monday.

A bench of justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh was informed by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the Punjab government, that the protesting farmers had been persuaded to meet justice (retd) Nawab Singh, who chairs the SC-appointed committee.

The bench said, "Let us hope and pray that better sense prevails on everyone." The panel requested the ailing farmer leader to avail medical aid.