The Opposition on Tuesday questioned the Supreme Court’s decision of forming a committee comprising only of those experts who have been op...
The Opposition on Tuesday questioned the Supreme Court’s decision of forming a committee comprising only of those experts who have been openly favouring the contentious agricultural legislations to resolve the deadlock, The Hindu reported. It said a partisan panel like this cannot be expected to be a “neutral arbiter”.
While hearing a batch of petitions challenging the new legislations and the round-the-clock protests around it, the Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended the implementation of the three farm laws until further orders, and constituted a committee to “amicably resolve” the stalemate between the government and the protesting farmers.
Chief Justice of India SA Bobde proposed agricultural economists Ashok Gulati, Pramod Kumar Joshi, Bhupinder Singh Mann of the Bhartiya Kisan Union and Anil Ghanwat of Shetkeri Sangthana as members of the committee. Each of these members have in the past publicly supported the new laws.
At a press conference held after the hearing, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala wondered what was the criteria for selecting the panel members. “We don’t know who gave these names to the honourable Supreme Court,” he said. “There was a ray of hope in the manner and fashion in which it came out and stood in support of the farmers. Perhaps nobody pointed out the background of the members or...
