SC: Women Officers Entitled to Permanent Commission, Slams Discrimination

• Supreme Court rules women military officers are entitled to permanent commission in the Army, using Article 142 powers.
• CJI Suryakant criticizes institutional discrimination in evaluating women officers, stating denial of PC was due to deeply entrenched bias.
• The Court deemed the 250-women-officer limit for permanent commission arbitrary and not sacrosanct.
• ACRs of women officers were found to be prepared with the assumption they wouldn't receive PC, disadvantaging them.
• SC grants hiked pension benefits based on national rank at release, but denies National Time Scale Promotion and rank promotion.