On Wednesday, the Supreme Court allowed Women candidates to appear for the National Defence Academy (NDA) exam scheduled to be held on 5th September.
The apex court called Army’s “policy decision” as gender discrimination. The bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Hrishikesh Roy said, “It’s a policy decision which is based on gender discrimination. We direct the Centre and Army to take a constructive view of the matter.”
A petition was filed by Kush Kalra from Kerala seeking the permission for women to sit for the NDA entrance exam. The petition raised the issued of violation of article 14,15,16 and 19 of the Constitution of India denying the opportunity to eligible women candidates to Join NDA.
