Delhi HC transfer of petitions related to Agniveer: Supreme Court told the lawyer – you can be heroic, not Agniveer

The Supreme Court on Tuesday transferred all the petitions related to the Agneepath Recruitment Scheme to the Delhi High Court. The Supreme Court said that such a large number of petitions are neither necessary nor have they been sent correctly.

The Supreme Court said that the High Courts should either transfer their petitions to the Delhi High Court. Or keep these petitions pending, with the condition that the petitioners can take them to the Delhi High Court.

Lawyer said – Justice Chandrachud praised my hard work
During this hearing, Justice DY Chandrachud also made an interesting observation. The lawyer challenging the constitutional validity of the scheme, Mr. Sharma was presenting his arguments very vigorously. On this, Justice Chandrachud said that you may be a hero, but you are not Agniveer.

On this remark, Sharma said – Justice Chandrachud’s statement is a compliment to my hard work and efforts. He said this because I was the first person to file a petition against the Agneepath scheme. Advocate Sharma is known for filing PILs on many issues.

Agniveer Yojana was launched last month
The Central Government on June 14 had launched the Agneepath Recruitment Scheme to recruit a large number of youth in the three branches of the Army – Army, Navy and Air Force. Army chiefs said that the objective of this scheme is to reduce the average age of the army and to include more and more youth in it. The age limit to be eligible for the scheme is 17.5-21 years. Youth who have passed 10th and 12th can apply for this.

Under this scheme, the youth will have to serve in the Defense Force for only 4 years. An argument was also being given behind this that the government has taken this step to reduce the budget of salary and pension. However, both the army and the government have been denying this.