Punjab and Haryana High Court Chastised Farmers For Using Tractor Trolleys On Highways

The Punjab and Haryana High Court chastised the farmers for their protests on Tuesday, stating that the Motor Vehicles Act prohibits them from using tractor trolleys on highways. The court emphasized the significance of respecting the farmers’ constitutional obligations in addition to their fundamental rights and gave them a reminder to follow them.

“According to the Motor Vehicles Act, you cannot use tractor trolleys on the highway.  You are travelling from Amritsar to Delhi on trolleys. Everyone knows their fundamental rights, but there are also some constitutional duties that need to be followed,” the court said.

Court: Protests are subject to reasonable restrictions

The court also told the Punjab government to make sure that people should not collect in large numbers anywhere. “They have the right to protest, but it is subject to reasonable restrictions,” it said.

Meetings regarding the demands of the protesting farmers were reported to the High Court by the Center during the hearing.  The Central government was asked to submit a new affidavit detailing the events of the meetings with the farmers by the High Court in response.  The hearing was postponed until next week by the High Court.

Government’s proposal rejected by the farmers

The government’s plan to buy five crops at the minimum support price (MSP) over the course of the next five years was rejected by farmers on Monday, who claimed that “it is not in favor of farmers.”

Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal said, ” After the discussion of both forums, it has been decided that if you analyse, there is nothing in the government’s proposal. This is not in the favour of farmers. We reject it.”

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Brief about government proposal

The farmer leaders rejected the Centre proposal the day before, stating that they would pick up their “Delhi Chalo” march on Wednesday. This was the day of the hearing on Tuesday.

Following an agreement with farmers at the fourth round of talks, the Center proposed to purchase pulses, maize, and cotton crops from government agencies at minimum support prices for a period of five years. The Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration in Chandigarh was the venue for the talks with farmer leaders. Ministers of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Arjun Munda, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, and State Minister for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai were present.