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The Supreme Court on Friday told the Center not to free women military officers of the Short Service Commission from service, who have challenged them to refuse to pay a permanent commission. The Supreme Court has also commented on not dropping his morale in the current situation.
A bench of Justices Suryakant and Justice N. Kotishwar Singh listed the petitions filed by 69 military officers for hearing in August and said they should not be removed until the next hearing. Justice Suryakanth said that in the current situation we should not make their morale to be demolished. They are great officers, you can use their services elsewhere. It is not time to ask them to wander around in the Supreme Court. They have a better place to live and serve the country.
Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the Center, said that it was an administrative decision based on the policy of keeping the armed forces youth. He urged the Supreme Court not to ban his release and said that the Indian Army needs young officers and only 250 personnel are given permanent commission every year.
Senior advocate Maneka Guruswami, appearing for Colonel Geeta Sharma, cited the case of Colonel Sofia Qureshi, who is one of the two female officers who informed the media about Operation Sindoor on 7 and 8 May.
Guruswami said that Colonel Qureshi had to knock the door of this court for similar relief related to permanent commission and now he has made the country proud. The bench said without making more comments on the plea that the matter before the apex court is completely legal, it has nothing to do with the achievements of the authorities.