# SUMIT SHARMA vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2026-05-21
Citation: W.P.(C)-2679/2022 2026:DHC:4747-DB
Petitioner: SUMIT SHARMA
Respondent: UNION OF INDIA AND ORS.

[Official PDF on Delhi High Court website](https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/app/showFileJudgment/75221052026CW26792022_185439.pdf)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI W.P.(C) 2679/2022 SUMIT SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Arvind Kumar Shukla, Advocate. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rishabh Sahu, SPC with Mr. Sameer Sharma, Advocate. Major Anish Muralidhar Army. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA ORDER (ORAL) % 21.05.2026 C.HARI SHANKAR, J. CM APPL. 8335/2026 (Directions) 1. This application seeks directions to the respondents to properly implement judgment dated 10 October 2025 passed by this Court in WP(C) 2679/2022. 2. In the said judgment, we had set aside the cancellation of the petitioner’s candidature for recruitment to the Indian Army and had further directed that the petitioner would be entitled to all consequential reliefs available in law. 3. In the interregnum, we are informed by Major Muralidhar that the Agniveer Scheme had come into being and that, today, recruitment 4. Major Muralidhar also points out that, though the Agniveer Scheme is available only to candidates between the ages of 17 and 21 ½ years, in view of the order passed by this Court, the respondents have agreed to give age relaxation to the petitione

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