A three member bench , headed by the Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud is hearing this petition. Justice B Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra are the other member judges of the bench. The next hearing in this case has been fixed for Friday (1 March).
The hearing is being held on the petition of Priyanka Tyagi who is a Short Service Commission officer in Indian Coast Guard. She has demanded permanent commission to eligible women Short-Service Commission officers of the force. The court wondered whether the Center was adopting a “patriarchal approach” despite the decision to retain permanent commission for women officers in the armed forces.
Attorney General R. Venkataramani , while appearing on behalf of the Central Government, pointed out the functional and operational difficulties in granting permanent commission to women officers recruited in the Indian Coast Guard. He said that a board has been formed to look into this matter. On this, Chief Justice Chandrachud adjourned the matter till Friday and said, “There should be women on your board.”
During the earlier hearing in this case, the court had expressed displeasure over the government’s suggestion of allowing permanent commission to 10% women and said that women are not “inferior creatures”.
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