As Farmer Protest Crosses 100-Day-Mark, What Should We Expect from the Face-Off in Election Season?Â
It is unlikely that anything will happen before the announcement of election results, but the recommendations of the SC-appointed committee may offer a clue as to what the Centre will do.
Farmers block a highway to mark 100 days of their ongoing protests against new farm laws, along the Delhi-Haryana border near New Delhi, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Photo: PTI
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On March 6, 2021, the farmersâ agitation on the borders of Delhi completed 100 days. There is no indication of negotiations between the government and the farmers leaders, stalled since January 21, 2021.
The Supreme Court’s intervention (
Rakesh Vaishnav v Union of India 2021) in the ongoing protests and debate over the three controversial “farm laws”
1 has been met with a storm of criticism (Hegde 2021; Yamunan 2021). It has “stayed the implementation” of the three farm laws “until further orders” and set up a committee of four members “for the purpose of listening to the grievances of the farmers relating to the farm laws and the views of the Government and to make recommendations” (
Rakesh Vaishnav v Union of India 2021).
To say that the order has attracted controversy would be putting it mildly. For a start, the committee it set up composed of four men recommended by the union government, Bhupinder Singh Mann, Pramod Kumar Joshi, Ashok Gulati, and Anil Ghanwat had already expressed their support for the farm laws in their present form (Alvi 2021). The farmers have understandably indicated that they would not appear before the committee in any capacity,
Hundreds of thousands of farmers are sitting on dharna in this bone-chilling winter on Delhi borders for the last one month but the government is hardly bothered about their sufferings and.
Supreme Court Seeks Centre s Reply On PIL Challenging Constitutional Validity Of New Farm Laws
The plea also raised questions over the validity of the Constitution (3rd Amendment Act) of 1954 which allegedly empowered the Centre to frame the controversial laws on agriculture.
Supreme Court of India Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-06T19:55:36+05:30 Supreme Court Seeks Centre s Reply On PIL Challenging Constitutional Validity Of New Farm Laws outlookindia.com 2021-01-06T20:00:01+05:30
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The Supreme Court of India while hearing a plea challenging the constitutional validity of newly enacted three farm laws sought the centre’s reply on Wednesday.
The PIL says that the Parliament lacked the constitutional power to make legislation on the subject of agriculture.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the centre on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the three contentious farm laws which is being opposed tooth and nail mainly by thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, women farmers are learning to drive tractors to take part in the proposed rally in the national capital on Republic Day.
Here are the top developments of the day:
1. The Supreme Court sought response of the centre on a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of newly enacted three farm laws on grounds including that Parliament lacked power to make legislations on the subject. The plea also raised questions over the validity of the Constitution (3rd Amendment Act) of 1954 which allegedly empowered the centre to frame the controversial laws on agriculture. A bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde, while issuing notice to the ministry of law and justice on the PIL of lawyer ML Sharma, said it would