Army Chief Age Row: Government Withdraws
Pushed on the backfoot, the government on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has withdrawn its December 30 order rejecting Army Chief General V.K Singh’s statutory complaint for treating his date of birth as May 10, 1951 instead of May 10, 1950. The government’s decision to rescind the order came against the backdrop of the Apex Court stating that its December 30 order was vitiated and would be quashed if this was not done.Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati, however, made it clear that government was sticking to its July 21 and July 22 orders of last year turning down Gen. Singh’s plea on the age row. While Gen. Singh has maintained that his date of birth is May 10, 1951, the Defence Ministry has insisted that it should be treated as May 10, 1950.
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