New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Haryana government how it could block a highway and directed it to remove the barricades put up at the Shambhu border near Ambala, where farmers have been camping since February 13.
The Haryana government had put up barricades on the Ambala-New Delhi National Highway in February after the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) announced their march towards Delhi in support of various demands. Legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjwal Bhuyan made the remarks when the Haryana government's counsel said the state was in the process of filing an appeal against the High Court's July 10 order, which directed it to open the highway within seven days Was.
After informing the bench about the lawyer filing an appeal in the top court, Justice Bhuyan said, "How can a state block a highway? It is its duty to control the traffic. We are saying open it but Control."
The Haryana government had put up barricades on the Ambala-New Delhi National Highway in February after the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) announced their march towards Delhi in support of various demands. Legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjwal Bhuyan made the remarks when the Haryana government's counsel said the state was in the process of filing an appeal against the High Court's July 10 order, which directed it to open the highway within seven days Was.
After informing the bench about the lawyer filing an appeal in the top court, Justice Bhuyan said, "How can a state block a highway? It is its duty to control the traffic. We are saying open it but Control."
