Plea against blockade
NEW DELHI, Oct 4: The Supreme Court Monday sought responses from 43 farmers’ bodies and their leaders, including Rakesh Tikait, Darshan Pal and Gurnam Singh who are leading protests at Delhi borders against the farm laws, on Haryana Government’s plea alleging that they have not been participating in talks with its panel to resolve the impasse over road blockade here.
Haryana has moved the application in the PIL filed by a Noida-resident Monicca Agrawaal who has sought removal of blockade saying that earlier it took 20 minutes to reach Delhi and now it is taking over two hours and people of the area are facing hardships due to protests at the UP Gate on Delhi border.
“Issue notice, Dasti (through messenger) as well,” a bench comprising Justices S K Kaul and M M Sundresh said while taking note of the plea.
“Mr Mehta (Solicitor General Tushar Mehta), you have made around 43 persons as parties. How will you serve them,” the bench asked.
Mehta said the farm leaders are necessary parties in the matter and he will ensure serving of notice on them and sought hearing of the plea on Friday, that is October 8.
Mehta, representing the state, said that Haryana has set up a panel for holding talks with the protesting farm leaders who have refused to take part in talks intended to resolve the issue.
“Let notice be issued so that they do not say that they had no reason to come,” he submitted.
The bench has now posted the matter for further hearing on October 20.
Haryana, in its plea, said that the state level panel was set up by it on September 15, 2021 to hold discussions with the farmers’ bodies but they refused to come forward for talks on September 19. (PTI)
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