Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, July 20: Delhi High Court will hear all the batch of petitions challenging the Agnipath recruitment scheme of the Central Government on August 25.
Notably, the Supreme Court on Tuesday transferred petitions contesting the Agnipath military recruiting scheme to the Delhi High Court.
The High Courts may also decide to keep the applications pending, according to the judgment of the bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, AS Bopanna, and Surya Kant.
All petitions pertaining to the plan were combined by a division bench consisting of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad.
Delhi High Court to hear all the batch of petitions challenging the #AgnipathRecruitmentScheme of the Central Government on August 25
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The Agnipath Scheme, which aims to enlist youth in the Army for four years, is being contested in petitions before the court. One of the petitions, submitted by Attorney ML Sharma, requested the cancellation of the Ministry of Defence announcement that announced the programme on June 14, 2022.
