The PIL, likely to be listed for hearing during next week, has sought directions to the Centre and state governments to take immediate necessary steps to prevent farmers' suicide and fixation of "adequate compensation" to their dependents in the event of deaths.
The plea, filed by advocate G L Mani, has quoted the National Crime Records Bureau statistics and said that 13,574 farmers had committed suicide in 2012.
It also alleged that "there are so many farmers who are committing suicide every day and neither the central government nor the state governments concerned are taking any steps to prevent" these.
Besides the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the plea has made ministries of Social Justice and Home and Affairs and all states and union territories (UTs) as parties in the case.
The petition has sought a series of directions which include calling for records and details from the central and states governments regarding farmer suicides since 1995.