SKM calls off year-long farmers agitation

Delhi: The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) decided to call off its protest at Delhi’s borders on Thursday. Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Joginder Ugrahan confirmed that the protest will be called off, after a formal letter with a proposal from the government, including the unconditional withdrawal of all police cases lodged against protesters during the agitation was received.

The SKM further informed that starting December 11, farmers at different border points will start vacating the protest sites and return to their home states.

In other news, a minor explosion has been reported today at a Rohini court in New Delhi with court staff receiving minor injuries. Litigants have been asked to vacate the court.

A division bench of the Delhi High Court Wednesday said it would meet chairpersons of municipal bodies and the director of the DDA on Saturday to understand the problems being faced in implementation of the Street Vendors Act.

The division bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh has, for the past few weeks, been hearing the petitions on street vending in the national capital, and has pulled up authorities for not having a plan in place as required under the law and for allowing street vendors to function even in markets declared no-hawking zones. The court has been hearing petitions of traders’ bodies of various markets as well as those filed by the street vendors.

Ever since a minor blast took place near the Israel embassy in Delhi on January 29, security has been strengthened outside and high-end CCTV cameras have been installed to monitor any “suspicious” activity. This year, around 20 men have been detained from outside the embassy premises after they were found to be “suspicious”, only to be let off only after being questioned by intelligence agencies, it is learnt.

Dismissing a man’s plea challenging the payment of maintenance to his estranged wife, a Delhi court said an aggrieved woman needs economic support and that every able-bodied man is bound to maintain his wife and not give excuses.

Principal District and Sessions Judge Ramesh Kumar passed the order on December 2 observing, “It is settled law that the appellant, being the husband of the respondent, cannot escape from his moral duty of providing maintenance to his wife. The Domestic Violence Act, 2005, is aimed at strengthening the economic independence of a woman.”

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