Will Farmersâ Protest Present the Same Problem as Tablighi Jamaat: SC to Centre
The top court was hearing a plea that said the Delhi police had failed to control the spread of COVID-19 in March last year.
A farmer holds the tricolor at Ghazipur border during the protest against the Centre s agri-laws, December 15, 2020. Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary
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New Delhi: Hearing a petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Tablighi Jamaat congregation and migrant worker exodus in March last year, the Supreme Court on Thursday wondered if the gathering of thousands of protesting farmers at Delhi borders could lead to the “same problem” of a spike in COVID-19 cases.
SC expresses concern over large gathering of farmers
SC expresses concern over large gathering of farmers
NEW DELHI, Jan 7: The Supreme Court Thursday expressed concern over large gatherings of farmers protesting against the new farm laws at Delhi borders and asked the Centre whether they were “protected” against the spread of COVID-19.
The top was hearing a plea seeking various reliefs including CBI probe into the matter related to assembly of people at Anand Vihar Bus Terminal and the Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizammudin Markaz in the national capital after the nationwide lockdown was announced last year to contain the pandemic.
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Updated Jan 8, 2021, 4:54 am IST
The SC asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, whether the protesting farmers are protected from the spread of COVID
The protests by the farmers at the border points in the national capital demanding the repeal of the three new farm laws began on November 28. (Photo: AP)
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed apprehensions that the gathering of thousands of protesting farmers at Delhi borders could lead to the same problem that arose due to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation here in March last and asked the Centre whether the protesters are protected against the spread of COVID-19.
Updated: Thursday, January 7, 2021, 16:14 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 07: The Supreme Court Thursday expressed concern over large gatherings of farmers protesting against the new farm laws at Delhi borders and asked the Centre whether they were protected against the spread of COVID-19.
The top was hearing a plea seeking various reliefs including CBI probe into the matter related to assembly of people at Anand Vihar Bus Terminal and the Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizammudin Markaz in the national capital after the nationwide lockdown was announced last year to contain the pandemic. The same problem is going to arise in farmers agitation. I do not know if farmers are protected from COVID. So, the same problem is going to arise. It is not that everything is over, said Chief Justice SA Bobde, heading a bench, also comprising Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian.
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): Expressing serious concern over the large gathering of farmers protesting against the new farm laws at different borders of the national capital, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Government of India if those agitating are protected against COVID-19.