Supreme Court-appointed panel to release report on contentious farm laws

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With the Centre deciding to repeal the three farm laws, a member of the Supreme Court-appointed panel -- which has already submitted its report on these contentious legislations to the apex court -- on Friday said the purpose of the report is over now and will release the report in the public domain, if the apex court does not do so.

New Delhi: With the Centre deciding to repeal the three farm laws, a member of the Supreme Court-appointed panel -- which has already submitted its report on these contentious legislations to the apex court -- on Friday said the purpose of the report is over now and will release the report in the public domain, if the apex court does not do so.

Shetkari Sanghatana President Anil J Ghanwat said the panel's report was in "favour of farmers" and will decide next week on releasing the report in the public domain.

The three-member Supreme Court-appointed committee -- after studying the three farm laws and consultation with stakeholders -- had submitted its report to the apex court on March 19.

Since then, the report has not been made public yet despite Ghanwat having requested the Chief Justice of India in a letter dated September 1, to release the panel's report in the public domain saying its "recommendations will pave the way to resolve the ongoing farmers' agitation."

Ghanwat said: "If these three farm laws are withdrawn, this report has no sense at all. ...If the apex court does not make it public, I will make it public." The committee has spent three months preparing the report. "This should not go into the dustbin. It should not happen. I will make it public," he said. The committee will meet on Monday and will take views of all three members on releasing the panel's report in the public domain, he added.

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