HC Summons Cane Chief over Arrears of Farmers

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Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has taken a tough stand on the issue of delayed payments to sugarcane farmers and the interest payable for the period of delay. The court directed the Sugarcane Commissioner to appear in person at the next hearing and respond to the state government's failure to provide complete and clear information. A bench of Justices Rajan Roy and Manjeev Shukla issued this order while hearing a public i…

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The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has sharply questioned the state government and sugar mills regarding the non-payment of timely payments to sugarcane farmers and the failure to pay the statutory interest for the delayed period. The court stated that if farmers are to receive interest for delayed payments under the law, it must also consider who is responsible for the non-payment of that interest. "The interests of sugar mills shoul…