Farmers Protests : Supreme Court Adjourns Plea Against Road Blockade To January 2022
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to January 2022 the hearing of writ petition filed by a Noida resident against the road blockade at Delhi-NCR border as part of the farm protests.Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta requested that the matter be adjourned in view of "the changed circumstances". It may be noted that three farm laws, which were the subject matter of the farmers'...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned to January 2022 the hearing of writ petition filed by a Noida resident against the road blockade at Delhi-NCR border as part of the farm protests.
Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta requested that the matter be adjourned in view of "the changed circumstances". It may be noted that three farm laws, which were the subject matter of the farmers' protests, were repealed by the Parliament last week.
Accepting the request, the bench of Justices SK Kaul and MM Sundresh posted the matter to the second week of January 2022. The writ petition was filed by a Noida resident Monicca Agarwal, who complained that her daily commute time increased due to the road blockade.
The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on November 29 had passed the "Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021" to repeal the three contentious farm laws enacted in 2020, against which various farm organizations were carrying out widespread protests for the past year.
Earlier, the bench had observed that the Union and the Governments of Haryana, Delhi and UP had to find a solution to the road blockade.
Case Title: Monicca Agarwaal V. Union Of India & Anr| WP(C) 249 OF 2021