Farm activist urges SC to ban wheat import

Farm activist Vandana Shiva has moved the Supreme Court, seeking quashing of government's decision to import one million tonnes of wheat by July 2007.

By PTI | May 10, 2007, 11.40 AM IST

NEW DELHI: Farm activist Vandana Shiva has moved the Supreme Court, seeking quashing of government's decision to import one million tonnes of wheat by July 2007.

A three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan has posted the hearing to May 17. In an affidavit, Shiva has sought a direction to the government to ban future trading in foodgrains.

She also urged that Multinational Companies (MNCs) and private traders be banned from purchasing directly from farmers.

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