Farmers Protest

The applicant has submitted that though he had sent a representation to the Union, however neither any reply has been served nor any effective step or action has been taken over the farmers agitation till date.

The Centre has been reiterating that the new laws are meant at reforms and have been passed after consultation with all stakeholders. However, farmers say they were taken into confidence when the laws were passed by the Parliament.

The association said farmers have the right to discuss, criticise and protest against the Centre's farm laws. It called upon all concerned Governments to uphold the farmers' right to peaceful protest.

The Bharat Bandh called by farmers on December 8 Tuesday has begun. The strike has hit transport, office attendance and shops, fruits and vegetables supplies in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, UP, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh.

The legal fraternity has come out in full support of the farmers’ demands and has urged the Government of India to consider the genuine demands of the farmer community.

Public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court against the farmers protest outside Delhi. The PIL is seeking the removal of farmers from the border areas of Delhi-NCR.

According to the notice, Ranaut’s tweet indicated that one of the activists and an old woman Daadi, is available for a paltry sum of Rupees 100 per day thereby implying that the said farmers agitation is a motivated, paid and sponsored protest.

The Single Bench of Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri has said that even though the government has released the farmers, it is yet to be decided how legitimate the custody of the farmers was.

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he wrote that the central government brought these three bills without discussion with farmers and experts.

Each and every citizen of the country has the right to protest, saying farmers belong to certain political parties is extremely irresponsible, said advocate Phoolka. Many of the farmers are from my village, he said. What the Haryana government did was wrong instead the government should heed the demands.