India, Aug. 6 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre and the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to file their response in connection with a petition challenging UPSC's decision barring women from applying to military academies through the Combined Defence Services (CDS) examination.

A bench comprising chief justice D.K. Upadhyay and justice Tushar Rao Gedela were hearing a petition filed by Kush Kalra.

Kalra said in his petition that UPSC's May 28 advertisement for the CDS-II Examination 2025, which restricted women from applying to three of the four service branches - the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun; Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala; and Air Force Academy (AFA), Hyderabad - was arbitrary and violat...