Plea claims gender bias by excluding women from NDA, SC seeks Centre s reply
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Wed, Mar 10 2021 15:12 IST |
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New Delhi, March 10 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking direction to take steps to allow eligible female candidates to join the National Defence Academy (NDA) and the Indian Naval Academy.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian issued the notice after hearing submissions of advocate Chinmoy Pradip Sharma representing petitioner Kush Kalra.
A petition in the Supreme Court challenged no entry of women in National Defence Academy (NDA)
New Delhi:
Denial of admission for women to the National Defence Academy has been challenged by a petitioner in the Supreme Court, which has asked the centre to respond to it.
The petition filed by Kush Kalra, an advocate, said women being not allowed admission to the National Defence Academy (NDA) is a violation of fundamental right of equality and right to practice a profession.
The NDA is the country s joint military training institution for producing junior leaders for the armed forces.
The petition said eligible women candidates with 10+2 level of education are denied an opportunity to take the NDA examination on the ground of their gender, and the consequence of this denial is that they do not have access to any mode of entry to the armed forces as officers at this level.