Farmers can’t block roads indefinitely: Supreme Court

"Farmers have right to protest but they cannot keep roads blocked indefinitely. You may have a right to agitate in any manner but roads should not be blocked like this. People have right to go on roads but it cannot be blocked " the bench also comprising Justice M M Sundresh said. The apex court granted three weeks’ time to farmer unions, leading the nearly year-long agitation along the borders of Delhi and elsewhere against the three central farm laws, to file their response on a petition seeking removal of the protesters from the roads. The court posted the matter for further hearing on December 7. The apex court was hearing a PIL filed by a Noida-resident Monicca Agarwal complaining of delays in daily commute caused due to the road blockade owing to the ongoing farmers' protests. A bench headed by Justice SK Kaul said it was not against the right to protest even when the legal challenge is pending but ultimately some solution had to be found.