Chandigarh, March 28 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday directed Punjab government to allow family, friends or any other person to meet farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal.

The high court bench of justice Manisha Batra, disposing of a plea, said that the veteran farmer leader was not in illegal detention as alleged by the petitioner.

The plea was filed by Bharti Kisan Union (Doaba) vice-president Gurmukh Singh, alleging that Dallewal has been put under illegal detention by the state government .

Responding to the plea, the government said that since the state is responsible for Dallewal's healthcare as per a Supreme Court order and in view of the same, he has been admitted to Park Hospital, Patiala.

The court was also ap...