Top Court Asks Centre On Women Officers' Status Over Permanent Commission

New Delhi, Nov 26: The Supreme Court has sought an explanation from the Centre as to why Permanent Commission was not granted to some women officers.

The government should not take any precipitative action in furtherance of its decision, a Bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and Indu Banerjee said. This would mean that the women officers who were not given permanent commission would not be relieved from their job without the approval of the court.

An application was filed in the Supreme Court challenging the selection process granting Permanent Commission to 422 women officers out of the 615 applicants in the Indian Army.