Shubhkaran Singh, 21, had died throughout a clash between police and protesting farmers at a border between Haryana and Punjab in February.
New Delhi: Dismissing the Haryana government’s rivalry that a judicial probe into the loss of life of a farmer all through protests in February could demoralise the police, the Supreme Court on Friday stated that it can grow to be strengthening their fingers as an alternative.
Farmers had started a march to Delhi on February 13 to press for his or her demands, including a law making certain a minimum aid price (MSP) for crops, however have been stopped at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders among Haryana and Punjab, in which they started tenting after that. On February 21, the farmers clashed with the police and 21-12 months-old Shubhkaran Singh died,
His circle of relatives approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court, alleging that he had died on being hit by way of a bullet fired by the Haryana police.
Noting that the investigation couldn’t be passed over to the Punjab or Haryana governments, a excessive courtroom bench, led with the aid of Acting Chief Justice GS Sandhawalia, had shaped a 3-member committee to probe the death. It said that the panel might be headed by means of Justice Jaishree Thakur, Retired Judge of Punjab
