Farmers Protest Delhi

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The Central government has decided to repeal the three controversial Farm Laws against which led to farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh to a widespread protest especially at a Singhu border for almost over a year.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday granted bail to Dalit labour activist Nodeep Kaur in an attempt to murder case. Kaur has been in Haryana Police custody since January 12, over a labour protest demanding higher wages which coincided with the ongoing farmers' agitation at Kundli border point.

A letter petition has been moved before the Supreme Court by a group of 140 lawyers seeking immediate restoration of internet at Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri, during the ongoing farmers protests.

The petitioners are oppressed by the publicity of hate news spewn by some TV news channels over social networking sites with the sole purpose of spreading hate against the entire Sikh community.

The PIL has been filed by Harman Preet Singh a Law Graduate alleging that the detained persons were illegally detained from the Singhu border, Ghazipur border and Tikri border, in the absence of any FIR, thereby violating the basic fabric of liberty.

As per the verbal order, the implementation of the three laws have been stayed till further orders and a committee of agricultural economists would look into the laws and would talk to protesters and Government on this issue and apprise the Court.

The Court has been hearing a batch of petitions, including some which want the farmers moved since they were blockading the capital. The bench of Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, Justices A.S.Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian had harsh words for the government's inability to address the farmers' concerns.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing the batch of petitions against the Centre's new farm laws.