The Supreme Court directions came after hearing advocates Kumud Lata Das and ML Sharma for petitioners and SG Tushar Mehta for respondents. Various petitions were filed before the court challenging the Agnipath recruitment scheme for defence forces.
Vehemently opposing Agnipath, Mann said this scheme was against the country s youth. Leader of Opposition and Congress legislator Partap Singh Bajwa demanded that the Agnipath scheme should be withdrawn.
Corporate leaders like Mahindra Group boss Anand Mahindra, RPG Enterprises chairperson Harsh Goenka and Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran among others have come out in support of the scheme and have also said that Agniveers would stand out in the job market.