Indian SC stays farm laws amid peasant uprising.

The Indian Supreme Court Tuesday stayed the three farm laws which have led to massive protests near Delhi border, as the farmers plan a big push like tractor march into the capital on the nation's Republic Day. A Statesman Report said the court ruled that a committee will be set up to understand the ground situation to take over the negotiations with the farmers to end the peasant strike. Chief Justice SA Bobde said, 'We are staying three farm laws until further orders,' The decision to form the committee is to help resolve the deadlock between the farmer unions and the government. The bench was headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde and comprising of Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian. Chief Justice SA Bobde said, 'These are matters of life and death. We are concerned with laws. We are concerned with lives and property of people affected by the agitation. We are trying to solve the problem in the best way. One of the powers we have is to suspend the legislation,' He further added, 'We want to solve the problem and that's why we are making the committee. Give the names to us, we will decide,' The judges told the lawyer representing the protesting farmers, ML Sharma, when he said the farmers would not participate in the committee as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had refused to talk to them. The apex court said, 'We cannot ask the PM anything, he is not a party before us,' The top court on Monday had come down heavily on the...