The Annadaata’s might prove a point
The farmers’ peaceful protest demanding repeal of the farm laws began on November 26 2020, Constitution Day, non-violently overcoming physical and political obstacles, to encamp at the gates of Delhi.
The repeal-the-farm-laws “ball” served to government by the farmers, was tossed into the Supreme Court by government. Without hearing pending petitions questioning the constitutional validity of the farm laws, the Supreme Court, publicly disappointed with government’s handling of the matter, suspended the farm laws and appointed a committee to look into the farmers’ grievances and resolve the farmers-government deadlock. The Supreme Court appears to have assumed a mediating role, encouraging the two parties to amicably settle-out-of-court, as a counsellor might do in a marital dispute marked by mistrust.