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Farmers’ suicides: ‘Can’t change policy’

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published Published on Sep 25, 2010   modified Modified on Sep 25, 2010
Though terming the cause “genuine”, the Supreme Court Friday refused to intervene in a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting suicide of farmers as a sign of lapse in the nation’s agricultural policy.
 
“We cannot change the agricultural policy... Show us the law under which we can order a review of the policy and we will direct it. At the end of the day our orders must be enforceable and not just remain on paper,” observed Chief Justice SH Kapadia, who led the three-judge Bench hearing the PIL filed by Sanjeev Bhatnagar, an agricultural economist.

Bhatnagar, who argued in person, requested the court to not leave “farmers to the mercy of God” and to initiate a process by which the government adopts a “humane approach” to farmers’ concerns and reviews the policy at a “micro-level”.

The Bench went on to give a rather simple description of the petition as one seeking a “review of the existing agricultural policy so that there is no suicide of farmers”.

When Additional Solicitor General Harin Raval, appearing for the Centre, said a committee formed in 2006 had suggested various measures to contain the suicides, Bhatnagar asked, “Why did the suicides not stop after the constitution of this committee. About 3,450 farmers have committed suicide in the three states. Waiving off loans is not enough to prevent a farmer with pest-ridden crops from committing suicide”.

The court said that though it found that Bhatnagar’s plea highlighted a “genuine” cause, it was not within judicial purview to go into whether the panel’s suggestions were “adequate” or not.

The Indian Express, 25 September, 2010, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Farmers--suicides---Can-t-change-policy-/687631
 

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