A division bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma granted four weeks to the Centre for filing a detailed response in the matter and slated it for further hearing on October 18.Refu
The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought a detailed reply from the Centre on a group of pleas against Agnipath scheme while refusing to pass any interim order on the newly-launched scheme for the Armed Forces of the country.A division bench .
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was moved in the Delhi High Court seeking resumption of all previous recruitment processes cancelled following the Centre’s newly-launched Agnipath Scheme.The plea of a candidate, filed through Advocates Vijay Singh and Pawan Kumar, said the petitioner had applied for the post of Soldier General Duty in Army Recruitment Rally at Sirsa from July 30, 2020 to August 8, 2020. Later, Physical and medical examinations of the candidates were conducted and admit cards for the Common Entrance Examination (CEE) were issued for those selected in the process, said the plea.“Unfortunately, the proposed written examination has been deferred/ postponed by the Respondents, illegally and arbitrarily, several times, by citing Covid-19 outburst. However, several other examinations took place comfortably including UPSC, NEET, Delhi Judiciary (including higher judiciary), etc., but CEE was deliberately put on hold for the reasons be