Shambhu border blockade: SC forms high-level committee to resolve grievances of protesting farmers
Indian farmers protesting at Shambhu border
TheSupreme Court of Indiasaid on Monday (Sep 2) that thefarmers' protest must not be politicised and constituted a high-powered committee to look into the issues of the agitating farmers at the Shambhu border near Ambala, where they have been camping since February 13.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan said that the five-member committee will be headed by Justice Nawab Singh, a former judge ofPunjab and Haryana High Court, and directed the committee to convene its first meeting with farmers within a week.
The top court asked the committee to reach out to and request the agitating farmers to remove their tractors and trolleys from theShambhu border on the National Highway so as to provide relief to the general public.
The apex court said that there is a sizeable population of agricultural communities in the two states that belong to marginalised communities and live below the poverty line and deserve empathy.
"The high-powered committee should reach out to and request the agitating farmers to remove their tractors. We hope the farmers will listen to the committee and vacate their vehicles from the border to provide huge relief to the general public," said the bench.
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The apex court said that protesters can shift their agitation to an alternate site.
It further asked the Chief Secretaries and DGP of both states to help the committee and consult the Chairperson for the needful.
Earlier, the top court had asked both the states to submit a list of names of persons who could be included in the committee to hold negotiations with the protesters and the governments.
The SCwas hearing an appeal against the July 10Punjab and Haryana High Court order by which it had directed it to open the highway and clear the barricading within seven days.
In February, the Haryana government had set up barricades on the Ambala-New Delhi national highway after farmers' bodies announced that farmers would march to Delhi in support of various demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for crops.
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