Supreme Court formed a committee to open Shambhu border.
New Delhi: Farmers’ protest continues at Shambhu border. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has formed a committee to open the Shambhu border. Along with this, the Supreme Court said that the issue of farmers should not be politicized. The Supreme Court has also directed the committee to convene its first meeting within a week. Let us tell you that a petition challenging an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court was heard in the Supreme Court today. Let us tell you that the farmers’ protest has been going on since February.
First meeting within a week
In fact, the Supreme Court on Monday constituted a committee headed by Justice Nawab Singh, former judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, for amicable redressal of the grievances of the farmers protesting at the Shambhu border. A bench of Justice Suryakant and Justice Ujjal Bhuiyan directed the committee to convene its first meeting within a week. The Supreme Court said that the issues of the farmers should not be politicized and the committee should consider them in a phased manner. The Supreme Court said that the farmers will have the freedom to take their peaceful movement to alternative places.
Hearing on the petition against the order of the High Court
Let us tell you that the Supreme Court heard a petition of the Haryana government challenging an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. In the order, the High Court had asked the government to remove the barricades installed at the Shambhu border near Ambala within a week, where protesting farmers have been camping since February 13. The Haryana government had put up barricades on the Ambala-New Delhi National Highway in February when the ‘Samyukta Kisan Morcha’ (non-political) and ‘Kisan Mazdoor Morcha’ announced that farmers would march to Delhi in support of their demands, including the demand for a legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for their produce.
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