The SC told to government to take a decision on providing permanent commission to women officers those who has approached the court for the same.
The Centre has granted permanent commission to women officers, but left out the eight women who had first approached the court.
“We can pass an order but we are giving you an opportunity to take credit for it,” a bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud told the counsel for the Centre. The government had told the court that a decision had been taken to grant permanent commission to women officers in the Indian Army’s 10 branches.
The court was told that the permanent commission scheme would begin only from April 2020. Aishwarya Bhatti, the lawyer representing the eight woman officers, told the court that this meant that the decision would not be retrospective, covering women who fought gender discrimination in the Army.
