Supreme Court to Decide Today if Women Officers Will Command Army Units

The Supreme Court will on Monday pronounce judgement on Centre’s appeal against Delhi high court’s directions for granting permanent commission to women officers in Indian Army. The defence ministry had challenged a 2010 judgment of the high court which had ruled that short service commissioned women officers in the Army and Air Force should be granted permanent commission.

The Army had on Tuesday said that women officers selected for the permanent commission will be given appointments as per organisational requirements in line with the commitments given by the force.

The court, which is considering the issue of giving command position to women officers in the Army after grant of permanent commission, had recently said the government has to look at the matter “very differently”.