Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk met farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike since November 26, at the Khanauri border protest site on Saturday. The 70-year-old's protest is part of a larger demonstration by farmers demanding a legal guarantee for a minimum support price (MSP) for crops.

The Supreme Court criticized farmer leaders for preventing Jagjit Singh Dallewal’s hospitalization amid his fast-unto-death. The court is addressing a contempt petition against Punjab officials for failing to comply with a prior order.

Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal Saturday said that he has been fasting for past over a month of his own free will and that there was a “misconception” that he has been “kept hostage” at the Khanauri protest site,

On Saturday, in an unprecedented hearing, a vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and Sudhanshu Dhulia gave the Punjab government time till December 31 to persuade Dallewal to shift to a hospital, giving it the liberty to seek logistical support from the Centre, if the situation warrants.

Supreme Court on Saturday gave the Punjab government time till December 31 to persuade farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk met with farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been fasting for over a month in support of protesting farmers' demands, at the Khanauri border demonstration site.

The Supreme Court on Saturday came down heavily on the Punjab government for not shifting farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been fasting for over a month, to a hospital even as it doubted the intention of the agitating farmers for resisting availability of medical aid to their septuagenarian leader.

Amid the ongoing farmers' protest in India, the Supreme Court on Saturday (Dec 28) warned the Punjab government to convince farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on fast-unto-death for more than a month now,

In an unprecedented hearing, a vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan pulled up the Punjab government for allowing the situation to escalate and not complying with its earlier directions to provide medical assistance to Dallewal.