(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) Policy Watch: Permanent Commission to Women Army Officers

Topic: Permanent Commission to Women Army Officers

Expert Panel:

Oorjasvi Goswami, (Advocate, Supreme Court)
Dhruv C. Katoch (Retd.), (Director, India Foundation)
Captain Amrit Kaur (Retd.), (Army Services Corps, Indian Army)

Topic Description:

Supreme Court granted women the right to permanent commission and the right to command. The petition was filed by a group of 332 women officers, who joined the army from 1993 onwards. Their petition was partially accepted by the Delhi High Court in March 2010. At the time of filing the petition, woman officers were permitted PC in only two services – the JAG and the Army Education Corps. In February 2019, the Centre had issued a notification where it allowed the permanent commission to SSC women officers of Indian Army. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had endorsed the idea of the permanent commission for women officers and announced the policy change in his Independence Day speech.