New Delhi, 20 December
The Supreme Court today said that the Punjab government should transfer farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been fasting for the past 24 days, to a temporary hospital near the Khanuri border, where his health can be monitored 24 hours a day. A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujal Bhuiyan asked Advocate General Gurminder Singh, represented by the Punjab government, to file an affidavit today regarding the transfer of the 70-year-old leader to a temporary hospital near the protest site on the Khanuri border. Singh told the bench during the hearing that the farmer leader is providing support for ECG and blood test and many other tests. Singh said that Dallewal’s health is stable recently. Earlier, the Supreme Court had asked the Punjab government to arrange a medical examination for Dallewal. The bench had pulled the Punjab government for not conducting the medical test of the farmer leader. The bench had also suggested that Dallewal be temporarily removed from his fast for medical assistance and replaced by someone else. The bench also gave the example of civil rights activist Erom Sharmila. -News-Patiala