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A Supreme Court bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundaresh today disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by one Monicca Agarwaal alleging that traveling to Delhi from Noida for her marketing job had become a nightmare as it took 2 hours instead of 20 minutes due to the protestors swarming the roads.

When the hearing for the case commenced, Adv. Prashant Bhushan submitted that the matter has become infructuous as the protest is over and the protestors have withdrawn from the border after the farm laws were repealed.  The court on hearing the submission permitted the case to be withdrawn.

Background

On April 19, 2021 bench comprising Justice SK Kaul & Justice Hemant Gupta while adjourning the pleas had remarked, "Don't obstruct the life of other people there. You may want to construct a village, and you can do that. But not at the cost of others' inconvenience.”

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had informed that an endeavor was being done from their side concerning the directions issued by this Court. 

The petitioner, appearing in person, had averred that despite the various directions passed by this Court to keep the to and fro passage clear (the roads), the same still did not happen.

On April 9, 2021, the Bench comprising Justice SK Kaul and Justice Hemant Gupta after perusing the counter affidavit filed by the Commissioner of Police, Delhi had impleaded the State of Haryana and the State of Uttar Pradesh as respondent Nos. 3 and 4.

"We have clarified to the Solicitor General that we are not concerned with the larger issue but only limited to the aspect of free flow of traffic on the streets, i.e., the public streets should not be blocked. This is an aspect which has been repeatedly emphasized in different orders of this Court.", the order dated April 9, 2021 read.

On March 26, 2021, the Bench comprising Justice SK Kaul and Justice R Subhash Reddy took note of the administrative failure as the judicial view was already propounded by the Court & issued notice to the Respondents to ensure that the road area is kept clear so that the passage from one place to the other is not affected.

Cause Title: Monicca Agarwaal vs Union Of India & Anr.