Newsinc24 Team The Supreme Court has said that the proposed tractor rally on the Republic Day by farmers protesting against the new farm laws is a law and order matter and Delhi Police is the first authority to decide who should be allowed to enter the national capital.A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, while hearing the Centre's application seeking an injunction against the proposed tractor or trolley march or any other kind of protest which seeks to disrupt the gathering and celebrations on January 26, on Monday said that police has all the authority to deal with the matter. To this Attorney General KK Venugopal said, " It is an extraordinary situation and court may pass orders".
Does the Supreme Court say as to what are the powers of police and how they will exercise them? We are not going to tell you what to do,? said the bench, also comprising Justices L N Rao and Vineet Saran. During the hearing conducted through video-conferencing, the bench said who should be allowed to enter Delhi and who should not be allowed has to be dealt with by the police as the court is not the first authority.The apex court then asked, Are farmers unions appearing today? Farmer leaders, however, have clarified that "We will not interrupt the parade on Republic Day," a farmer leader told the media at Delhi's Singhu border. The 50-km parade, they said, will be held in the Outer Ring Road, the road encircling the city.
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