India, Oct. 8 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuked the Centre for its failure to comply with its directions to reconsider welfare measures for military officer cadets who became unfit due to any disability suffered during their training period.

A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna, R Mahadevan and DK Upadhyaya was hearing a suo motu case related to the difficulties faced by cadets who were boarded out due to injury or disablement during training. The top court noted that there had been no genuine reconsideration of the recommendations of the 2015 Sabharwal Committee report despite clear directions issued on August 4, 2026.

The 2015 Sabharwal Committee was constituted for review of service and pension matters including potential disput...