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If women can fly Rafale in IAF, why fewer of them in Army legal branch? SC asks Centre
The Daily Guardian
|May 15, 2025
If a woman can fly Rafale fighter jet in the Indian Air Force, then why are fewer women officers in gender-neutral posts of Judge Advocate General (legal) branch of the Army, the Supreme Court wondered recently and questioned the Centre's rationale on a 50-50 selection criterion.
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan on May 8 reserved its verdict on the plea of two officers Arshnoor Kaur and Astha Tyagi, who despite securing 4th and 5th ranks respectively -- higher in merit than their male counterparts -- weren't selected for the JAG department due to fewer vacancies earmarked for women.
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