Approval granted for conferring President's Medal for Gallantry on former cop: Centre to SC

The Centre informed the Supreme Court that approval has been granted to award the prestigious President's Medal for Gallantry to former police officer Vivek Singh Chouhan. The decision comes after the apex court expressed dissatisfaction with the Centre's non-compliance with a Madhya Pradesh High Court directive to confer the award on Chouhan.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the court's bench on Friday that the President has approved the medal for the action carried out by Chouhan on June 24, 2003, during which he killed two dacoits and was injured. The medal will be notified in the Gazette of India soon. The court heard an application filed by Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan, who said the contempt proceedings against the Centre can be withdrawn.