SC-appointed panel on farm laws to hold first meeting on Jan. 19

The Supreme Court-appointed committee on the three new farm laws is scheduled to hold its first meeting on January 19 at Pusa campus right here, considered one of its members Anil Ghanwat stated on Sunday.

The Supreme Court had on January 11 stayed the implementation of the three laws, in opposition to which farmers are protesting at Delhi borders for over 50 days now, until additional orders and appointed a four-member panel to resolve the deadlock.

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Bhartiya Kisan Union president Bhupinder Singh Mann, nevertheless, recused from the committee final week.

Apart from GMr. hanwat, agri-economists Ashok Gulati and Pramod Kumar Joshi are the 2 different panel members.

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“We are meeting on January 19 at the Pusa campus. Only members will meet to decide the future course of action,” Mr. Ghanwat, President of Shetkari Sanghatana (Maharashtra), informed PTI.

One of the 4 members has backed out of the committee. If the apex court docket doesn’t appoint a brand new member, the prevailing members will proceed, he stated.

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The committee has acquired the phrases of reference and can start the work from January 21 onwards, he added.

Asked in regards to the authorities holding parallel talks with protesting farmer unions after the organising of the SC panel, he stated, “We have no issue if a solution is found and the protests end from either (efforts of) our panel or from the government’s separate talks with the protesting farmer unions.” (*19*) he added.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday the pleas relating to the controversial farm laws and the continuing farmers’ protest at Delhi borders. It might bear in mind the matter of recusal of the member from the panel.

The high court docket would additionally hear the plea of the central authorities, filed although the Delhi Police, searching for an injunction in opposition to a proposed tractor march or another form of protest by farmers which will disrupt the Republic Day celebrations on January 26.

So far, the federal government has held 9 rounds of formal talks with 41 farmer unions however has failed to break the logjam because the latter have caught to their major demand of a whole repeal of the three Acts.

In the final meeting, the Centre had recommended that the unions represent their very own casual group to put together a concrete proposal on the three farm laws for additional dialogue at their subsequent meeting on January 19 to finish the long-running protest at numerous Delhi borders.