# Supreme Court upholds PepsiCo’s FL 2027 potato registration, protects farmers’ seed rights 2026-08-13T00:50:52+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Supreme Court has upheld PepsiCo's registration of the FL 2027 potato variety used in Lay's chips, rejecting a challenge by farmer rights activist Kavitha Kuruganti. However, the bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran made it clear that individual farmers retain their rights under section 39(1)(iv) of the PPVFR Act 2001 to save, replant, and sell the seeds or produce among themselves, as long as they do not use the branded name. The court noted that PepsiCo had earlier sued Gujarat farmers for patent infringement but later said it would not interfere with farmers' legal rights. The ruling keeps the company's exclusive commercial rights intact while shielding small farmers from legal action for traditional agricultural practices. ## Coverage - bazaar.businesstoday.in Tags: farmers rights, FL2027, PepsiCo, plant variety, potato, Supreme Court Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-upholds-pepsicos-fl-2027-potato-registration-protects-farmers-seed-rights/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-upholds-pepsicos-fl-2027-potato-registration-protects-farmers-seed-rights/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.