The Supreme Court has given the Punjab government until December 31 to convince farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, on a month-long hunger strike, to move to a hospital. The court criticized the state's failure to provide medical aid and suggested those blocking assistance could be abetting suicide.

Punjab government criticized for not providing medical assistance to fasting farmer Dallewal, Supreme Court intervenes.

The Supreme Court questioned why farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal had not been shifted to a hospital yet and indicated it will not hesitate to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the Punjab chief secretary and DGP.

The 70-year-old has been on an indefinite hunger strike since November 26 to press the Centre for legally guaranteed minimum support prices for crops.

The Supreme Court criticized the Punjab government for not moving fasting farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal to a hospital, despite his deteriorating health. Farmers are preventing his shift, viewing medical aid as undermining their cause.

The Supreme Court on Saturday gave the Punjab government time till December 31 to persuade farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been fasting for over a month, to shift to hospital.

The Supreme Court on Saturday ordered the Punjab government to persuade farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal to shift to a hospital by December 31. A vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and Sudhanshu Dhulia pulled up the AAP-led government for allowing the situation to escalate.

The Supreme Court has intervened in the Punjab farmer protest, urging the state government to hospitalize fasting leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal by December 31. Dallewal, resisting medical aid, protests for farmers' rights.