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Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, January 12
Hours after the Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the three farm laws, Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today convened an emergency Cabinet meeting on January 14 to discuss implications of the orders.
Ahead of the meeting, the Chief Minister has asked Advocate General (AG) Atul Nanda to examine the SC order in detail.
With the SC staying implementation of the three laws and farmers rejecting the same, the Congress government might have to change the line of its legal recourse in consultation with legal experts, said a senior government functionary.
The state government had already finalised requisite petitions for challenging the central Acts. “Since these Acts impact the lives and futures of our farmers, all decisions will be taken carefully and judiciously at an opportune time,” the Chief Minister had said.
“With the SC staying implementation of the laws, it is to be seen whether the state challenges the three Acts or appears before the three-member committee named by the apex court to put across its point of views. The state has already moved amendments to the central laws in the Vidhan Sabha, though pending with the Governor,” said a legal expert.
The Chief Minister had stated that although matters related to agriculture were mentioned in List II (State List) of the Constitution of India and fell under the exclusive domain of the state government, the Government of India had enacted the three contentious farm laws under provisions related to Agriculture Marketing mentioned in List III (Concurrent List).
Being a central legislation, the state government had limited options under Article 254(2) of the Constitution and had exercised the same with the Assembly passing Bills to amend the central laws. As per the law of the land, Bills passed by the Assembly were mandatorily required to be sent to the Governor, who after studying these had to give his consent for forwarding these to the President for approval, the CM had said.
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AG asked to examine ruling
* Advocate General Atul Nanda has been asked to examine the SC order in detail
* The Congress govt had already finalised requisite petitions for challenging the central Acts
* With SC staying implementation of laws, the state may have to change line of its legal recourse