The Hindu·3 min read·hard
SC gives Centre 4-weeks to confer gallantry award on former Madhya Pradesh cop
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The Hindu Bureau
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The Supreme Court of India has given the Union Government a final four-week deadline to award a gallantry medal to a former police officer. The court expressed frustration over the government's repeated delays and attempts to challenge the award while simultaneously seeking to delay compliance.
The Supreme Court expressed displeasure with the Union Government on Monday (July 20, 2026) over the repeated delay in conferring the President’s Gallantry Award on a former Madhya Pradesh police officer Vivek Singh Chouhan, who gunned down two dreaded dacoits in an encounter more than two decades ago.
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