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Summary
One week has passed since the Lahore High Court (LHC) reduced the sugar prices down to Rs 40/ kg but the people are yet to get the sugar at fixed rates. The supply of sugar has been reduced to the market causing problems for the people who are forced to buy sugar at inflated rates. On the other hand, Sugar Mill Association has challenged the LHC decision in the Supreme Court. The association said that the LHC doesnt have the jurisdiction to take suo moto action in these cases. All sugar mills in Punjab have stopped functioning because they refused to bear huge losses in the business. 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.
