New Delhi, March 29: The Supreme Court today extended by another six months the tenure of the Justice Wadhwa Committee formed to go into various issues relating to the Public Distribution System (PDS).
A bench comprising justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma extended the time of the committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice D P Wadhwa.
The apex court had formed the committee by an order of July 12, 2006. As per the order, the committee, headed by Justice Wadhwa, was also to be assisted by a Commissioner N C Saxena.
The court’s direction came after senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, appearing for the People’s Union for Civil Liberty, and Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran informed the court that the term of the committee has ended and requested extension.
-Agencies