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Sugar Mill Association has challenged the Lahore High Court (LHC)s decision of reducing sugar prices down to Rs 40/kg in the Supreme Court, Dunya News Wednesday reported. The association believes that the LHC doesnt have the jurisdiction to take suo moto in these cases. All sugar mills in Punjab have stopped functioning because they refused to bear huge losses in the business. It is noteworthy that LHC orders to reduce the sugar prices in Punjab are still to be implemented even after six days of the decision. On the other hand, sugar crisis in Punjab has intensified following the artificial shortage of sugar. Earlier, LHC had rejected the sugar mill owners petition seeking the stay order on the courts earlier orders of reducing sugar prices. The mill owners afterwards decided to move the SC. The negotiations between the sugar mill owners and the Punjab Government also failed and the people couldnt get sugar at Rs 40 per kg as per the court orders. Conflicts cropped up between the Punjab government and the sugar mill owners after the Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered to sell sugar at Rs 40 per Kg. The Punjab government deployed police at several sugar mills whereas mill owners refused to negotiate with the government. The sugar mill owners said that the Punjab government previously fixed sugar price at Rs 45/Kg without consulting them and when they were ready to sell it on that price, the LHC set the price at Rs 40/Kg without hearing their viewpoint. The mill owners had then announced to move court instead of talking to the Punjab government.
