The committee constituted by the Supreme Court has submitted its report on three new agricultural laws. This report submitted in a sealed envelope will be heard in the Supreme Court on 5 April. A member of the committee confirmed the submission of the report to the Supreme Court, but did not say what recommendations have been made in it. “The report was submitted to the Supreme Court on March 19 in a sealed envelope,” said Anil Ghanwat, a three-member committee member and agricultural economist.
The committee was constituted by the Supreme Court following protests from farmers in several states including Punjab, Haryana and West Uttar Pradesh over three new agricultural laws. To prepare the report, this committee interacted with 85 farmers’ organizations and people associated with them. It is expected that after the committee’s report, the deadlock between the central government and agitating farmers will be broken and agreement will be reached at any one point.
In January this year, the Supreme Court, while hearing about three new agricultural laws, stopped the implementation of them.
These three new laws were approved by Parliament in September last year. After the negotiations between the farmers and the government were unsuccessful, the apex court approved the formation of this committee. However, it was rejected by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, a group of 40 peasant organizations, and said that it was pro-government.
