New Delhi, March 1 -- The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the high-powered committee (HPC) set up by the court to address farmers' issues to continue its work while underlining the importance of letting the committee function.
Farmer unions have been sitting in protest at the Punjab-Haryana border since February last year to press for their demands on the legal guarantee on minimum selling price (MSP), among other issues.
A bench headed by justice Surya Kant allowed the committee headed by former Punjab and Haryana high court judge, justice (retd) Nawab Singh, to continue with its work as it took on record the HPC's interim report of February 24 and said, "There is no reason to doubt the continuation of the high-powered committee for a pe...