During the arguments, the High Court was told that Agnipath Scheme came into the picture only in June 2021, and that was when a decision was taken to put all other recruitment processes on hold.
ASG Bhati said that the Scheme was finalised only in June 2022, when it was notified in the Official Gazette.
She further said that Agnipath is one of the biggest policy changes in defence recruitment, and was going to be paradigm shift in the way the Armed Forces recruit personnel.
“More than 10 lakh aspirants have taken advantage of the two-year age relaxation given by us… A lot of things we cannot say on affidavit but we have acted in bona fide manner,” the ASG concluded.
Source: Barandbench
