In a hearing on the centre's controversial farm legislation, against which farmers have been agitating at the national capital's Singhu Border, the Supreme Court held the observation that women, children, and the elderly must leave the protest site. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Aravind Bobde, who was presiding over the session on Tuesday, said that he was in agreement with advocate AP Singh's view that these three social groups must be kept out of protests. Justice Bobde's remarks sparked wide outrage on social media, with many deeming them to be "sexist" against the backdrop of wide female participation protests in recent times have seen, including the farmers' one.