Farmers’ protest | Supreme Court stays implementation of 3 controversial farm laws
The HinduThe Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the implementation of three controversial farm laws, calling its order “extraordinary” and a “victory for fair play”. The court formed a four-member committee of experts “to listen to the grievances of the farmers on the farm laws and the views of the government and make recommendations”. In a concluding paragraph of the order, the court said the farmers’ bodies would “perceive” the “extraordinary” stay as an achievement of their peaceful protest “at least for the present”. ‘Basic misapprehension’ Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said farmers have fallen prey to the “basic misapprehension” that the laws would lead to loss of agricultural land. Advocate Sridhar Potaraju, for the Consortium of Indian Farmers Association, which represents 15 farmers’ unions across 15 States, said they would be “badly affected” by the stay as their produce would rot.