SC asks protesting farmers not to cause public inconvenience
Hindustan TimesThe Supreme Court on Monday asked Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a fast-unto-death at Khanauri on the Punjab-Haryana border to press for the acceptance of farmers’ demands, to persuade the protesting farmers not to obstruct highways and cause inconvenience to people. The Supreme Court on Monday asked Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a fast-unto-death at Khanauri to press for the acceptance of farmers’ demands, to persuade the protesting farmers not to obstruct highways. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan disposed of a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of Dallewal, who was removed from the Khanauri protest site on November 26. On November 30, a day after he was released, Dallewal joined the fast-unto-death at the Khanauri to press for the acceptance of the farmers’ demands.