The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 25) issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition challenging the policy of the Union Government to allow the import of yellow dal without any duty.

A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice NK Singh was hearing the petition filed by 'Kisan Mahapanchayat', a farmers' organisation, which contended that the policy was harming Indian agriculturists.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan , for the petitioner, submitted that the policy has resulted in the fall in the prices of soyabean, groundnut, urud, moong and tur dal below the Minimum Support Price.

He pointed out that a Government expert body, the Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices, had recommended in March 2025 the ban on the import of yellow peas.

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