SC Hopeful as Farmers Meet Appointed Panel
Hindustan Times|January 07, 2025
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed optimism over the resolution of the prolonged farmers' protest along the Punjab-Haryana border after the Punjab government reported that a section of protesting farmers agreed to the chairman of the court-appointed panel for talks.
Utkarsh Anand
SC Hopeful as Farmers Meet Appointed Panel

The panel met him hours later and requested the ailing farmer leader to avail medical aid.

The farmers, led by farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal who has been on a hunger strike for 41 days, have been camping along the border since February 2024, demanding systemic agricultural reforms and legal guarantees for Minimum Support Price (MSP), the price at which the government procures key crops.

"We hope better sense prevails... talks take a good shape," remarked a bench comprising justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh after the Punjab government informed the bench about the breakthrough.

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