"Created By Males, For Males": Supreme Court On Rules For Women In Army
Army Women Commission: SC held army's selective Annual Confidential Report (ACR) evaluation, late implementation of the medical fitness discriminates.
Editorial Staff
"Created By Males, For Males": Supreme Court On Rules For Women In Army New Delhi: The medical fitness requirement for women to get Permanent Commission in the army is "arbitrary" and "irrational", the Supreme Court said today while pronouncing verdict on petitions filed by around 80 women officers for permanent commission in the army. "We must recognise here that the structure of our society has been created by males, for males," the Supreme Court said. The Supreme Court held that the army's selective Annual Confidential Report (ACR) evaluation and late implementation of the medical fitness criterion discriminate against women officers. "The pattern of evaluation causes economic and psychological harm to SSC ( (short service commission) women officers," a two-judge bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah said. The officers wanted contempt proceedings to be initiated against those who had allegedly did not comply with the court's earlier judgment. "Several of the women officers before the court had won…
