'You may be Veer, but not Agniveer': SC to lawyer challenging Agnipath

Sharma said that he was the first to file the plea in the top court after which other petitions were filed including the one filed in the Delhi High Court.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday told a lawyer challenging Centre's "Agnipath" scheme that he may be a "Veer" but not an "Agniveer".
 

The remark was made by a bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant and AS Bopanna after advocate ML Sharma, who has filed a PIL challenging the Centre's June 14 decision of launching the scheme, said that it has a pan-India effect as youth from different parts of the country will be affected by it.
 

Sharma said that he was the first to file the plea in the top court after which other petitions were filed including the