PIL asks why India is procuringobsolete defence equipment

[abhi_the _gr8_maratha]

e Supreme Court on
Thursday sought responses of the
Centre and the three Service chiefs on
a PIL seeking to know why the
government was procuring junked
aircraft carriers and maintaining
ageing fighter aircraft and submarines
which were a drain on national
resources and danger to men in
uniform.
A bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam
and Justices Ranjan Gogoi and N V
Ramana issued notice on a PIL filed by
six advocates led by Ranvir Yadav.
The petitioners' counsel D K Garg said
citizens wanted to know why the
government was "procuring outdated
arms, ammunition and fighter jets,
refurbished submarines and frontline
warships having obsolete techniques
of last century which have been
decommissioned as outdated, for our
armed forces, the second largest in the
world".

 

[abhi_the _gr8_maratha]

CONTINUING AHEAD
petitioners also wanted to know
why India, despite rapid advancement
in technology, was importing basic
arms and ammunition, equipment and
other material such as bullet-proof
jackets, high-altitude gear, assault
rifle ammunition, sniper rifles, gloves,
sleeping bags and mountaineering
equipment for the armed forces when
it could be manufactured in the
country.
"The political class is indulging in
scams, frauds and making huge money
by maintaining secrecy in defence
procurements. About Rs 2 lakh crore
has been spent now on the Arjun tank
project but it is yet to be rolled out,"
they said.
The petitioners sought a direction from
the court to the Centre to phase out all
"obsolete, malfunctioning and
outdated ageing naval warships,
submarines, arms and artillery" and
put in place a transparent defence
procurement plan

 

[W.G.Ewald]

...
a PIL filed by
six advocates led by Ranvir Yadav.

Is this the same man?

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[abhi_the _gr8_maratha]

Is this the same man?

Bihar strongman Ranvir Yadav secures RJD ticket for younger wife : Elections, News - India Today

no he is politician and the one in panel committee is a judge , a judge can't be a mla in india