The Supreme Court on Monday said that it would hear next week’s pleas challenging the Centre’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme for recruitment in the armed forces.
A vacation bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari said that petitions will be listed next week before an appropriate bench upon reopening of the apex court after summer vacation.
Kejriwal asks Centre to review Agnipath scheme, says it is harmful for youth and country
Last month, the government announced the Agnipath scheme, under which youths between the ages of 17-and-a-half and 21 years would be inducted into the armed forces for a four-year tenure, while 25 percent of them will be subsequently inducted for regular service.
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