Supreme Court gives another month to Centre to give permanent commission to women Army officers

The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave yet one more month to the Centre for implementation of its verdict on giving all serving SSC women officers permanent commission within the Army.

A bench headed by Justices D Y Chandrachud mentioned that the Centre may have to adjust to all its instructions given in its verdict. The prime court docket’s path got here on an software filed by the Centre in search of six months’ time for implementation of the decision citing the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a landmark verdict on February 17, the highest court docket had directed that women officers within the Army be granted permanent commission and command postings, rejecting the Centre’s stand of their physiological limitations as being primarily based on “sex stereotypes” and “gender discrimination against women”.

It had directed the Centre that inside three months, all serving Short Service Commission (SSC) women officers have to be thought of for Permanent Commissions (PCs) regardless of them having crossed 14 years or, because the case could also be, 20 years of service.