The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the release of ten women naval officers, who are seeking grant of permanent commission (PC), from the services as scheduled on December 31 this year. A vacation bench comprising justices Indira Banerjee and Aniruddha Bose took note of the submissions of senior advocate Meenakshi Arora, appearing for the women naval officers, and granted the interim relief. In the meanwhile, there will be a stay on order of December 18 (on release/retirement of women officers)," it said. The two separate petitions have been filed by ten women Short Service Commission (SSC) officers including Annie Nagaraja and CDR Vijayeta seeking grant of permanent commission in the Indian Navy. Prior to this, the apex court, on February 17, had granted the same relief of PC to SSC women officers in Army saying that women and men officers should be treated equally.

Source: The Hindu December 30, 2020 09:13 UTC