A contempt petition has been filed in the Supreme Court Today (Mar 24) against top Punjab officials for defying its July 2024 order on the farmers’ protest at Shambhu border. Over 3,000 police personnel allegedly forcefully evicted protestors without court permission.
The Supreme Court Today (Dec 2) asked Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a fast-unto-death at the Khanauri border point to press for the acceptance of farmers’ demands, to persuade the protesting farmers not to obstruct highways and cause inconvenience to people. 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 the Punjab-Haryana border on November 26.