In a major decision, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the implementation of all three farm laws and also formed a committee comprising mostly agriculturists to hear the grievances of the farmer unions against the laws.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S. A. Bobde said, "We are going to suspend the implementation of the three farm laws until further orders."

The farmers’ agitation on Delhi’s borders is now 45 days old, and the government had apparently made up its mind that it will neither put on hold nor repeal the three laws hurried passed by Parliament in September 2020.  

But then the Supreme Court intervened in response to several petitions, and now the Modi government will be forced to eat the humble pie. 

The Chief Justice named agriculture economist Ashok Gulati, Dr. Pramod Kumar Joshi, Anil Dhanawat and B.S. Mann to be on the committee to hear the farmers' issues regarding the laws.