Disapproving of a new scheme brought by the government for regulating service conditions of Army porters, the court said that the plan appeared more negative than positive. Disapproving of a new scheme brought by the government for regulating service conditions of Army porters, the court said that the plan appeared more negative than positive. The Supreme Court Wednesday reproached the government for treating Army porters as “animals” despite their “crucial job” of fetching rations and ammunition for the soldiers at perilous terrains like Siachen and Kargil. Disapproving of a new scheme brought by the government for regulating service conditions of Army porters, the court said that the plan appeared more negative than positive. The court clarified that it was not asking the government to regularise all the Army porters but create a sub-class to give benefits of being government servants to at least few of them.

Source: Indian Express September 14, 2016 21:22 UTC