Farm Laws & Farmers Protests : Recap Of Eventful Supreme Court Hearings
Live LawThe Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced today morning that the Central Government will take steps in the upcoming Parliament session to repeal the three controversial farm laws, against which several farmers organizations have been holding country wide protests over the past one year.While the passage of the three farm laws by the Parliament in September 2020 triggered off widespread. While the passage of the three farm laws by the Parliament in September 2020 triggered off widespread protests by farmers - who feared the dismantling of the Agriculture Products Marketing Committees, Minimum Support Price mechanism and corporate exploitation - the issue also reached the Supreme Court through several writ petitions. January 2021 : "You made a law without enough consultations", SC raps Centre On the next hearing date, January 12,2021, the Supreme Court was upset with the fact that the Centre did not voluntarily take a decision to freeze the implementation of the farm laws to resolve the deadlock with the farmers. #FarmersProtests Read the directions passed by the Supreme Court to stay the implementation of farmers laws and constitution committee for holding talks.#FarmLaws #SupremeCourt pic.twitter.com/DibJE1u6K4 — Live Law January 12, 2021 Farmers express no-confidence with SC-committee as it had members supporting the laws The Supreme Court order raised many eyebrows as it consisted of persons who supported the farm laws in public. Breaking: S. Bhupinder Singh Mann Ex MP and National President of BKU and Chairman of All India Kisan Coordination Committee has recused himself from the 4 member committee constituted by Supreme Court@BKU_KisanUnion pic.twitter.com/9HZcX7nuaL — Live Law January 14, 2021 CJI upset with public criticism about farmers committee On the next day of hearing, January 19, the Chief Justice of India expressed unhappiness over the public criticism against the Committee.