Chandigarh, Sept. 30 -- The Chandigarh administration has undertaken before the Punjab and Haryana high court that it would not proceed against protesters booked during farm laws stir of 2020-21, pending response from the Centre.

The statement was made during resumed hearing of a plea filed by a dozen-odd farmers and protesters seeking directions to UT Police to forward a no-objection certificate (NOC) to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the withdrawals of three FIRs registered against the protesters during protests against repealed farm laws in 2020-2021.

UT's counsel told the court that Chandigarh administration has written to the Ministry of Home Affairs, seeking permission to withdraw prosecution in various FIRs, in a letter o...