Farmers’ Protests Intensify; SC Suggests Forming Committee
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday, 16 December, issued a notice to the Centre over a bunch of petitions, seeking removal of farmers from the Delhi border. The apex court told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that it intended to set up a committee, comprising representatives of farmer unions across India, the government and other stakeholders, to resolve this issue.
Meanwhile, as the farmers’ protest against the three contentious farm laws entered Day 21, protesters blocked the Noida Link Road towards Delhi at the Chilla border, ANI reported.
- As protests intensify in Delhi, several farmers’ unions from other states have supported the Centre’s new farm laws
- Addressing a crowd in Gujarat’s Kutch, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the farmers who are protesting have been misguided
- Delhi Congress leaders and workers on Tuesday staged a protest near the BJP headquarters, demanding a repeal of the Centre’s new farm laws
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SC Issues Notice to Centre Over Farmers' Protests, Intends to Form Committee
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Centre and the states over a batch of pleas, seeking a direction to the authorities to immediately remove the farmers who are protesting at several border points of Delhi against three new farm laws, ANI reported.
A Bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian also granted permission to implead farmer organisations. The matter will be heard in the apex court on Thursday, 17 December.
The court told SG Tushar Mehta that it intended to set up a committee, comprising representatives of farmer unions across India, the government and other stakeholders to resolve this issue.
“...This will soon become a national issue and with the government, it won't work out it seems,” the bench told Mehta.