'Open Shambhu border, regulate traffic': Supreme Court to Haryana govt
Hindustan TimesThe Supreme Court on Friday directed the Haryana government to open the barricaded Shambhu border and regulate traffic, and in a stinging remark, asked Haryana how any state government could ‘block a highway.’ The barricaded Haryana border at Shambhu. The observation by the bench of Justice Bhuyan and Justice Surya Kant, came after it was informed by the counsel that Haryana was in the process of approaching the Supreme Court against the July 10 order of the Punjab and Haryana high court which directed the state to resume traffic within seven days at Shambhu. The border between Punjab and Haryana has been heavily barricaded and closed since February 13, when various farmer organisations from Punjab began moving towards Delhi in support of various demands, including a legal guarantee to minimum support price for crops. We will meet on July 16 after barricades are removed as ordered by the high court,” farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee said.