Govt has no intention to act against vendors of bogus seeds, says Bombay HC
(WorldNews India)

Pulling up the Maharashtra government after failed soybean seeds affected thousands of farmers from rural areas, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court recently observed that the state government did not show any intention to take criminal action against the vendors and producers of bogus seeds. A division bench of Justices Tanaji V Nalawade and Shrikant D Kulkarni, on June 26, took suo motu cognizance of news reports pertaining to complaints about no action against traders and companies, made by nearly 2,000 farmers in districts such as Nanded, Parbhani, Hingoli and Ahmednagar, who recently purchased soybean seeds that could not germinate. The farmers are feeling helpless as the...