New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday warned a group of farmers to strangle the national capital by staging protests on the highway against three agricultural laws.
The APEX court said farmers had blocked not only people’s movements but the armed forces too.
Rebuke came after Kisan Mahapakechayat moved the court looking for permission to enter Delhi to eradicate protests in Mantar.
Kisan Mahapachayat is the body of the agricultural community and farmers who protest from three agricultural laws.
“You can’t come to court and at the same time continue with protest.
Do you protest the justice system,” asked SC.
SC bench led by justice A M Khanwilkar said protests had strangled traffic to and from Delhi.
“Every citizen has a free movement for free.
You have stopped the business.
Do you ask residents around the points of protests whether they are happy with protests,” he asked.
In the defense of Mahanachayat Kisan who looked for permission to hold a peaceful and non-violent ‘satyayagraha’ in Jantar Mantar, said the apex court, “you have strangled Delhi by holding a protest sitting on the highway …
even blocking the movement of the armed forces and mocking them.
Now Do you want to get into the city and make chaos? “The court was looking for directions from the center, Lieutenant Governor Delhi and Police Commissioner Delhi to provide space.
Kisan Mahapachayat said that denying permission to hold Satyagraha who was peaceful and non-violent and without violence in the designated place in Jantar Mantar who violated the rights of basic democracy spoken as fundamental rights under the Indian Constitution.
It is said that the actions of authority are “discriminatory and arbitrary” as permits to protest have been given to other farmers’ bodies, Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, while denying them to set Satyavah who staggered.
The court requested Mahapachayat Kisan to submit a written statement that they were not part of the farmers’ protest preventing the highway on Monday.
Approve to hear their request after such a written statement was submitted and asked the organization to provide a copy of the Petition to the Attorney General for Venugopal.
Earlier on Thursday, The Apex Court confirmed his objections to the highway blockade by farmers as part of their protest against three controversial agricultural laws.
SC yesterday asked the center for “How can the highway be blocked constantly?” And “Where is it over?” SC observations came while hearing a request by a noida resident of the difficulty faced by him for traveling due to street blocking by farmers.
While the government of Haryana, who is the Ko-respondent in this case together with the center, the Government of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and the Delhi Government, submitted a written statement that said it made a “sincere effort” to end the blockade, rising the government told the court that it asked farmers to clean the area.