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Directions To Centre To File Reply On Pleas Challenging Agnipath Scheme

 The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to file a reply on petitions challenging the Agnipath scheme.

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The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to file a reply on petitions challenging the Agnipath sch
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 The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay the  Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the armed forces and asked the Centre to file a reply on a batch of petitions challenging it.

A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad asked the Centre to file a consolidated reply on petitions challenging the scheme.

 The Agnipath scheme announced on June 14 provides for the recruitment of youths in the defense forces between the age of 17-and-a-half and 21 for only four years with a provision to retain 25 percent of them for 15 more years. Protests had erupted in several states soon after the scheme was announced last month.

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Later, the government extended the upper age limit to 23 years for recruitment under the scheme in 2022.

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