There is no end to the debate over the agriculture bill. Constant road blockades, processions are going on in the districts. Even the peasant leaders are on hunger strike. Debate center on 3 agricultural laws. But there is a law hidden in the 3rd main law, which has blocked the way for the farmers to go to court and get justice. Talking about the Marketing and Commercialization of Agricultural Products Act, 2020. According to legal experts, this section of the new law is unconstitutional. If this clause is enforced, there will be no opportunity for the common man to get justice against the bureaucracy.
Section 13 of the Act states, “A case against a Central Government or a Central Government Officer, a State Government or a State Government Officer or any other person under this section shall not be like any other case. There will be no more. The authority that will be approved under this law will be able to take part in the case. The SDM can further file a petition with the district magistrate. ”
The argument in favor of the government is, this arrangement for quick justice, at low cost to the farmers. After that, it is possible to solve the problem at the local level within 30 days without going to court. But legal experts disagree. According to KTS Tulsi, senior advocate of the Supreme Court, this section will block the path of justice in the way of law. In his words, ‘the new law has blocked the way to the civil court.
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AP Singh, a lawyer fighting the Supreme Court’s agricultural law, said that if there is a dispute over land or property, it is tried civilly. The new law has completely closed that road, and it is completely unconstitutional. No law can be based on the constitution. The judiciary can no longer be reduced by law.
AP Singh’s clear statement that no citizen can be deprived of justice, ‘SDM is not a judicial officer. He is an administrative officer, he can never be a judicial alternative. The proposal put forward by the government to the farmers states that the government is willing to find an alternative way to go to the civil court. The Center has said that all the issues on which the farmers have doubts will be re-elected, but the farmers are adamant that the law be repealed.
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AP Singh’s clear statement that no citizen can be deprived of justice, ‘SDM is not a judicial officer. He is an administrative officer, he can never be a judicial alternative. The proposal put forward by the government to the farmers states that the government is willing to find an alternative way to go to the civil court. The Center has said that all the issues on which the farmers have doubts will be re-elected, but the farmers are adamant that the law be repealed.
