Shift Dallewal to hospital by 31 Dec: Supreme Court docket ultimatum to Punjab govt

On Friday, 27 December, the highest court docket expressed concern over the situation of Dallewal and directed the Punjab authorities to make sure he’s given medical help.

It had issued a discover to the Punjab authorities on a contempt petition in opposition to its chief secretary and the director basic of police (DGP) for non-compliance of an order directing that medical help be supplied to Dallewal.

Dallewal has been on an indefinite quick on the Khanauri border since 26 November to press the Centre to simply accept the farmers’ calls for, together with a authorized assure of minimal assist value for crops.

On 20 December 2024, the apex court docket left it to Punjab authorities officers and docs to resolve on Dallewal’s hospitalisation.

The court docket stated that Dallewal, 70, may very well be moved to the makeshift hospital arrange inside 700 metres of the protest web site at Khanauri border level between Punjab and Haryana.

On 19 December, the bench had additionally referred to civil rights activist Irom Sharmila persevering with her protest for greater than a decade beneath medical supervision and requested the Punjab authorities to persuade Dallewal for an examination.

It had pulled up the state for not operating medical checks on Dallewal.

Farmers beneath the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have been tenting on the Shambhu and Khanauri border factors between Punjab and Haryana since 13 February after their march to Delhi was stopped by the safety forces.