Representative image ANI | Updated: Mar 10, 2021 16:39 IST
New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a plea seeking directions to allow eligible female candidates to join the National Defence Academy (NDA) and the Indian Naval Academy (INA) at par with the men.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde sought a response from the government on the plea of advocate Kush Kalra who has contended that denial of opportunity to women candidates to enrol at the NDA is violative of Articles 14, 15, 16 and 19 of the Constitution.
The Bench also issued a notice in an impleadment application by a woman candidate Anita, who was denied an opportunity to enrol at the NDA. Anita said she had to give up her aspirations to join the Armed Forces.
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Last Updated: Mar 10, 2021, 03:30 PM IST
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A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde issued notices to the Centre, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and others seeking their responses on the plea which said the categorical exclusion of eligible female candidates from entering the National Defence Academy is not constitutionally justifiable and is simply done on the basis of their sex.
Ghaziabad: “Women should not have any inhibition. They should dream big. There is nothing that they cannot achieve today. There are 10 fighter pilots now, but soon the number will be 100,” said Anjali, who flies Sukhoi-30. The fighter pilot and 13 other women officers were at Hindon Air Force station on Sunday, a day before International Women’s Day, for a media meet.
Group Captain Shakti Sharma, who was commissioned in 1994 and was the first woman to be selected for the post, said the IAF has about 13% women, the highest number among the three branches of the armed forces. “It is even higher than the number in the police force,” she said.
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Women Lok Rakshak Dal police personnel demonstrate their skills on the occasion of International Women s Day at police stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday (Photo Credits: PTI)
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Only 85 women are permanent commissioned officers in the Indian Army
No women are in the commanding major units of the Indian Army
In his Independence Day address from the Red Fort in 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that women officers recruited under the short service commission in the armed forces would have the option of taking up the permanent commission.
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