gender-based quota in army's LEGAL ARM NIXED
New DElhi, Aug. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Monday struck down the Indian Army's policy of reserving six out of nine Judge Advocate General branch vacancies for men and only three for women, calling it "arbitrary", unconstitutional and contrary to the principle of gender neutrality. "No nation can be secure when half of its population (women force) is held back," said a bench of justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan.P9...
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