New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre and other authorities to appoint a woman candidate against one of the unfilled 20 Air Force flying vacancies.

The order came on a petition filed by Archana, who had cleared the National Defence Academy (NDA) examination and was declared medically "fit to fly".

She had approached the court seeking appointment against the unfilled posts, contending that though 90 vacancies were notified in May 2023, only two posts were earmarked for women and were filled, while 20 posts for male candidates remained unfilled.

A division bench of Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla decided the petition in favour of petitioner Archana, and directed the authorities to appoint...