Central Govt Files Caveat Application in SC on Pleas Challenging ‘Agnipath’ Scheme
GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 21st June. The Central government filed a caveat plea in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, seeking the court to hear the government in the petitions filed before it challenging the ‘Agnipath’ recruitment scheme for defence forces.
A litigant files a caveat application to ensure that no adverse order is made against him or her without first being heard. Advocate ML Sharma filed a petition on Monday, claiming that the Centre’s notice for the Agnipath Scheme was “illegal and unconstitutional.”
“Quash the notification/ press note dated June 14, issued by the Defense Ministry being illegal, unconstitutional and void ab-initio and ultra vires to the Constitution of India in the interest of justice,” the PIL stated.
Advocate Harsh Ajay Singh also filed a PIL, requesting that the Centre reconsider its Agnipath armed forces recruiting scheme.
The plea said, “announcement of the scheme has caused nation-wide protest in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and various other states due to the short-term duration of the scheme in the Indian Army for four years coupled with future uncertainties of the trained ‘Agniveers’.”
The advocate also sought a stay on the implementation of the scheme from June 24, 2022.
Earlier, on Saturday, counsel Vishal Tiwari filed a PIL seeking a directive to form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the violent protests against the Agnipath Scheme and the damage to public property, including railways.
The appeal also requested that an expert committee chaired by a senior Supreme Court judge investigate the Agnipath Scheme and its impact on national security and the Indian Army.
Tiwari’s plea stated that he would like to draw the Court’s notice to the country’s dire situation as a result of the Agnipath scheme implemented by the Centre through its Ministry of Defence.
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