Farmers' Protest: PIL Seeks Immediate Action Against Alleged Roadblocked By Protesters In Punjab, Haryana

A PIL has been filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking directions to States, Union to ensure that  all the National and State Highways and railway tracks falling in the State of Punjab and Haryana are not blocked by the farmer's protest and immediate action be taken against the said agitators, as per the provisions of National Highway Act, 1956.

Arvind Seth, a lawyer by profession, has moved the Court seeking directions to both the States and Centre to take all preventive measures to maintain law and order throughout the States of Punjab and Haryana and further seeking direction to take all necessary actions to ensure that free flow of public at large is not stopped.

It has been submitted that a "serious situation has been created by the agitators who are marching towards the national Capital Delhi. On thousand of vehicles resulted into permanent blocking of the National Highways. The Public at large is suffering due to the said and unregulated movements of thousands of vehicle carried out by the agitators towards the National Capital Delhi."

Reliance is placed upon "Communist Party of India (Marxist) Versus Bharat Kumar" (1998), wherein Apex Court held that, "...there cannot be any right to call or enforce a bandh, which interferes with the exercise of the fundamental freedoms of other citizens, in addition to causing national loss in many ways."

The matter will be heard today.

Case Title: Arvind Seth v. State of Punjab & Ors.