No discrimination in grant of permanent commission to women SSC officers: Centre to SC

THE Centre on Wednesday denied any discrimination in granting permanent commission to Short — Service Commission (SSC) women Army officers when compared with their male counterparts while assuring the Supreme Court that all parameters were being duly followed.

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A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh was hearing Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the Centre and the Army.

She informed that the policy decision was being followed in grant of permanent commission.

Countering the arguments of the women officers, who moved court, Bhati said the annual confidential reports of those officers were actually gender neutral without an element of discrimination.

She said the methodology adopted is uniformly applicable to all officers.