The Lakhimpur Kheri case also arose in the Supreme Court on Monday. The Supreme Court said that when the farmers have challenged the agricultural laws in the court, then why are there protests. The court has put a stay on the implementation of agricultural laws. Then what are the farmers protesting against? The Attorney General, appearing for the Centre, said, the court should say that when the law is already being heard, the protest cannot go on. It leads to unfortunate events.
Attorney General KK Venugopal said that yesterday the incident happened in Lakhimpur Kheri. 8 people died. The protest cannot be like this. Justice Khanwilkar said that when there is any violence during the agitation, public property is destroyed, then no one takes responsibility. There is loss of life and property, no one takes responsibility. SG Tushar Mehta said that people cannot take to the streets when the matter is already in the court.
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The Supreme Court asked, why is there a protest? The Supreme Court has already put a stay on agricultural laws. The Attorney General said, the court should say that when the law is already being heard, then the protest cannot go on. It leads to unfortunate events. A bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar asked the petitioner that on one hand you have come to the court seeking justice by filing a petition and on the other hand the protest is also going on.
A petition has also been filed in the Rajasthan High Court. We want both the petitions to be heard together. Because the validity of these laws has been challenged in the Rajasthan High Court. Ajay Chaudhary, counsel for the petitioner Kisan Mahapanchayat, said that here in the Supreme Court, we have mentioned equality regarding MSP in our petition. In that we have talked about fixing the MSP of crop purchase and also the maximum purchase price for the consumer.
So that no corporate house can do arbitrariness. Buy below MSP (Minimum Support Price) and sell above MSP (Maximum Selling Price). A bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar asked the petitioner that on one hand you have come to the court seeking justice by filing a petition and on the other hand the protests are also going on.
