New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday constituted a committee headed by former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice Nawab Singh to amicably resolve the grievances of protesting farmers at the Shambhu border.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan directed the committee to convene its first meeting within a week.
Apex Court instructions
The top court said the farmers' issues should not be politicised and be considered by the committee in a phased manner.
Tractors and trolleys of the protesting farmers parked on a highway over various demands, including a legal guarantee of MSP for crops, at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu Border on Feb. 22.
‘Once Shambhu border unbarricaded, farmers will resume march to Delhi’
The apex court said farmers will be at liberty to shift their peaceful agitations to alternative sites.
Haryana Govt plea
The court was hearing the Haryana government's plea challenging the high court's order asking it to remove within a week the barricades erected at the Shambhu border near Ambala where protesting farmers have been camping since February 13.
Barricades at Ambala Highway
The Haryana government had set up barricades on the Ambala-New Delhi national highway in February after the 'Samyukta Kisan Morcha' (Non-Political) and 'Kisan Mazdoor Morcha' announced that farmers would march to Delhi in support of their demands, including legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for their produce. (with Agency inputs)
