NEW DELHI, Dec. 10 -- The Centre on Wednesday refuted in the Supreme Court the allegation of discrimination and bias in grant of permanent commission to Short Service Commission (SSC) women officers in the Indian Air Force and said 243 men and 177 women were inducted since 2019.
A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Ujjal Bhuyan and N Kotiswar Singh which reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas of women SSC officers challenging denial of permanent commission was told by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati that after the Centre granted its sanction in 2022, the IAF started induction of women officers through NDA.
And on successful completion of training, these officers will be directly granted permanent commission.
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