The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on a batch of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of the newly enacted three farm laws. A bench headed by Chief Justice S. A. Bobde issued notice to the Central Government and sought its reply within four weeks.<br />'' <br />''The three laws — Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 — took effect from 27th of last month after President Ram Nath Kovind's assent.<br />'' <br />''The bench, also comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian was hearing pleas filed by Rashtriya Janta Dal lawmaker from Rajya Sabha Manoj Jha; Congress Lok Sabha MP from Kerala T.N. Prathapan and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam of DMK Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu Tiruchi Siva and a petition filed by Rakesh Vaishnav.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The petitions alleged that the three farm laws passed by Parliament would dismantle the Agricultural Produce Market Committees system intended to ensure fair prices for farm products.</span><br />