new Delhi . The Supreme Court said that if the necessary steps are not taken now, then the ongoing opposition of the farmers will become an issue at the national level and the matter may again come out of the hands of the government. The Supreme Court also ordered the eight peasant unions to form Paksha (party). The Supreme Court, while hearing a public interest litigation seeking the removal of farmers protesting against the three Farmers Acts on Delhi’s borders, gave this order and postponed the further hearing of the case till Thursday.
Judge A. s. Chief Justice S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramaniam. a. Bobde proposed to form a committee comprising representatives from the Center, farmer unions and other concerned stakeholders to arrive at some acceptable solution.
The Chief Justice told the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta representing the Center that the government’s talks were not working.
The Chief Justice said, “You should be ready to negotiate and we should have a farmers union.”
Insisting on forming a committee consisting of farmer unions from the country, the Chief Justice said, “It will soon become a national issue. It seems that the government is not able to resolve it.”
He suggested that the talks would be successful only if both sides would represent people who were actually ready to negotiate. The CJI therefore asked the Solicitor General to come up with the name of an organization which is ready to negotiate. He also asked to ensure that the officials were ready for talks. The petitioners demanded immediate removal of the farmers of the border areas of Delhi-NCR on the grounds that they are increasing the risk of spreading of Kovid-19 in Delhi.
The Chief Justice told Mehta that the government’s talks could fail, therefore, some farmer unions are required to appear before the court to explain the case.
Mehta informed the apex court that the government would not do anything against the interest of the farmers and was ready to address the ongoing deadlock by discussing clauses in the laws. However, he insisted that there should be open-minded discussion, and the farmers union should not insist on repealing the agricultural laws.
The apex court issued notices to the Center on public interest petitions seeking removal of farmers blocking various Delhi boundaries. During the hearing, the petitioner cited the order of the apex court in the Shaheen Bagh case, where it said that the protesters cannot block public roads.
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