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The Supreme court orders for permanent commission to women

Author :- Supreme court has delivered a judgement, upholding the 2013 verdict of the Delhi High Court, on Feb 17, 2020, asking the government to grant permanent commission to women in the Short Service Commission. SC asked to pass the notification regarding it in the time period of 3 months. The women cadets are already being absorbed in the various branches of the armed forces, but they are denied the permanent commission. This was a clear violation of the equality and non-discrimination principle enshrined in the  constitution of India . The supreme court has destroyed the stereotypes about the physiological features as represented by the government in its submission in the court which deny equal status to women who complete the same criteria as their male counterparts do. The Supreme Court observed that, as long as there is the   belief in the society  that women are physically and psychologically weaker than their male counterparts, there will not be the change of mindse