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PepsiCo withdraws one of 3 lawsuits filed against Gujarat potato farmers, seeks amicable solution to issue

Press Trust of India • May 8, 2019, 10:32:46 IST
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Apart from the two farmers in Deesa, PepsiCo had filed lawsuits against agriculturists from Sabarkantha and Aravalli districts on similar grounds.

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PepsiCo withdraws one of 3 lawsuits filed against Gujarat potato farmers, seeks amicable solution to issue

Ahmedabad: PepsiCo India on Monday withdrew one of the lawsuits it had filed against Gujarat farmers for allegedly growing a variety of potato for which the food and beverages giant claimed to have secured exclusive rights. PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd made a submission in this regard before the court of principal senior civil and commercial court judge S B Rahatkar at Deesa town in Banaskantha district. “The plaintiff wishes to withdraw the captioned matter relying on its discussions with the government to find a long-term and an amicable solution of issues around its seed protection,” PepsiCo told the court. [caption id=“attachment_6522411” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]Representational image. Reuters Representational image. Reuters[/caption] The US-based firm had filed the suit against potato farmers Fulchandbhai Kachchhawa and Sureshbhai Kachchhawa at the Deesa court for growing FC-5 variety of potato for which the company had claimed to have obtained plant variety protection (PVP) rights. PepsiCo had filed the suit against the duo last month. Altogether, 11 farmers were dragged to three different courts in Gujarat for alleged infringement of rights over the particular variety of potato, with the company making damage claims of up to Rs 1 crore from each cultivator. Apart from the two farmers in Deesa, PepsiCo had filed lawsuits against agriculturists from Sabarkantha and Aravalli districts on similar grounds. While the other cases will come up for hearing later, this is the first of the three lawsuits for which PepsiCo has made a formal move for withdrawal. The move comes after the company last week announced it will withdraw cases against Gujarat farmers, following a meeting its executives had with state government officials in Gandhinagar. Lawyer Anand Yagnik, representing the farmers in the courts, maintained the withdrawal of the case “appears to be motivated and malicious”. In a statement, Yagnik demanded the state government “make it clear in writing about what transpired between them and PepsiCo and give assurance that it shall not allow multinational companies to litigate against its own farmers”. Over 190 activists had last month come out in support of the farmers and requested the Union government to ask PepsiCo to withdraw its “false” cases. In a letter to the ministry of agriculture, 194 signatories had sought financial aid and protection of rights of farmers sued for growing and selling FC-5 potato variety for which PepsiCo claimed to have obtained “exclusive rights in the country in 2016”.

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