Public roads should not be blocked in protests: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday hearing a plea against the ongoing farmer protest on Delhi borders has said that public roads should not be blocked during protestsThe court was hearing a plea filed by a woman resident of Noidawho sought direction to ensure that the road between Noida to Delhi is kept clear so that the passage is not affectedThere should be free flow of traffic on roads the apex court saidThe top court also impleads Haryana and Uttar Pradesh governments as parties in the case against blocking of roads due to farmers protestThe court made it clear that the larger issue on farm laws can be decided judicially politically or administratively but the common man must not be inconveniencedWe clarified that we are not concerned with larger issue but only concerned with flow of traffic Public streets should not be blocked a Bench headed by Justice SK Kaul saidThe Bench emphasized that in its p previous judgements the apex court had made it clear that roads should not be blockedWe are not concerned how you goverment resolve this issue whether politically administratively or legally But we have said this before roads should not be blocked It cannot create continuing inconvenience the Bench saidThis is a single mother who has to face so many issues because of these blocked roads said the Bench while posting the matter for hearing on April 19Earlier the apex court had sought response from the Central government and Delhi Police Commissioner on the petition filed by the Noidaresident Monica Agarwal who claimed that her travel to Delhi was taking two hours instead of the normal 20 minutesShe contended that despite the various directions passed by the apex court to keep the to and fro passage clear the road the same had still not happenedBeing a single parent who has some medical issues Agarwaal said that it has become a nightmare to travel to Delhi The plea said she stayed and worked in Noida but since she had a marketing job she had to travel frequently to DelhiIt is her say that she is a single parent and also has some medical issues and it has become a nightmare to travel to Delhi where it is taking two hours instead of normal 20 minutes She contends that despite the various directions passed by this Court to keep the to and fro passage clear the roads the same still does not happen We did put to her if it is so it is an administrative failure as the judicial view has already been propounded by us the Bench had noted in its orderThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever