Supreme Court lashes out at agitating farmers for seeking permission to hold ‘Satyagraha’ at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar

Farmers have been protesting at Delhi’s borders for over a yr in opposition to the Centre’s three agricultural legal guidelines. (AP Photograph/File)

Lashing out on the protesting farmers physique for in search of permission to carry ‘Satyagraha’ on the Jantar Mantar within the nationwide Capital, the Supreme Courtroom on Friday mentioned that “you’ve got already strangulated town, blocked the highways and roads, and now desires to come back inside.”

“After you have approached courts difficult the legal guidelines, what’s the level of constant the protests? When you’ve got religion in courts, pursue that for pressing listening to as a substitute of protesting,” a Bench led by Justice A M Khanwilkar instructed Kisan Mahapanchayat’s counsel Ajay Choudhary.

“You can’t come to the court docket and proceed protesting on the identical time. Are you protesting in opposition to the judicial system?” the judges instructed the petitioner’s who sought permission to carry ‘Satyagrah’.

The bench, additionally comprising Justice C T Ravikumar, mentioned though the petitioners had a proper to protest, “however you can’t destroy property. This enterprise ought to cease. You might be additionally heckling the safety particular person.”

The apex court docket mentioned residents have equal rights to maneuver freely and with out worry and their properties are being broken within the protest. “There must be some balanced strategy,” it mentioned.

Choudhary, nevertheless, argued that it was not a part of the protest blocking the highways, nevertheless it was the police which had blocked the highways not the farmers. He sought path to the authorities to supply house to at the very least 200 farmers or protestors on the Jantar Mantar for organising a peaceable and non-violent ‘Satyagrah’.

The bench requested the petitioner to file an affidavit on this regard and put the matter for consideration subsequent week. It additionally allowed the farmers’ physique to serve the copy of the petition on the workplace of the Lawyer Basic.

A separate bench of the highest court docket had on January 12 whereas staying implementation of three farm legal guidelines had constituted a committee to look into the matter. The panel had already submitted its report on March 19 after consulting a lot of farmers and a number of other stakeholders.

Farmers have been protesting at Delhi’s borders for over a yr in opposition to the Centre’s three agricultural legal guidelines.

The farmers teams, which began their protests in opposition to the three legal guidelines since November 26, 2020, proceed to stage their sit-ins on the borders of the nationwide Capital.