Farmers’ movement reaches Supreme Court, petition filed on this demand

New Delhi: Farmers sitting on Shambhu Border have postponed their Delhi march. At the same time, the Supreme Court will hear the case of farmers’ movement tomorrow i.e. on Monday. Actually, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court earlier, in which it was demanded to give instructions to the Central, Punjab and Haryana governments to open all the highways including Shambhu Border. The Supreme Court will hear this matter tomorrow.

The petition states that blocking the highway in this way is against the fundamental rights of the people. Also, it is a crime under the National Highway Act and the Indian Justice Code i.e. BNS. In such a situation, legal action should be ensured against those blocking the highway. It has been pleaded in the petition that the Supreme Court should direct the Central, Punjab and Haryana governments to remove the protesting farmers from the highway.

A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court on November 7 regarding the removal of farmers from Shambhu Border. Hearing is to be held in this case tomorrow. The petition has sought directions to ensure that all national highways and railway tracks are not blocked by the agitating farmers and the state and the Center should ensure smooth passage for the general public.

Let us tell you that a group of 101 farmers from Shambhu Border moved forward with the intention of marching to Delhi, but after Haryana security personnel fired tear gas shells, the protesting farmers postponed the march to Delhi. Punjab farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said that at least 8 farmers have been injured and one of them has been taken to Chandigarh’s Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER). He told reporters that we have called back the ‘Jatha’ (group of 101 farmers).