Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. Lt. Cdr. Annie Nagaraja & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 10 S.C.R. 433

Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi JJ.

Decided 17 March 2020

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that a one-time measure should be issued in exercise of the powers under Article 142 of the Constitution.

Judgment, page 62

From the headnote

Navy Act, 1957 – s.9(2) – Women Short Service Commissioned (SSC) Officers – Grant of Permanent Commissions (PCs) – R ight to be considered for – Held: Statutory bar on the engag ement or enrolment of women in the Indian Navy was lifted to the extent envisaged in notifications dated 09.10.1991 and 06.11.199 8 issued by Union Government u/s.9(2), 1957 Act – Right to be considered for the grant of PCs arises from the policy letter dated 25.02.1999 r/w Regulation 203, Chapter IX, Part III, 1963 Regulations – Fu rther, policy decision dated 26.09.2008 granted PCs to SSC women officers in Army,

Authorities it was built on

2020 The Secretary, Ministry of Defence v. Babita Puniya & Ors. cited by 11
1983 R. Viswan & Others v. Union of India & Others cited by 7
1982 Lt. Col. Prithi Pal Singh Bedi Etc. v. Union of India & Others cited by 5
2010 Mohd. Yunus Khan v. State of U.P. and Ors. cited by 5
2014 Sri Gangai Vinayagar Temple & Anr. v. Meenakshi Ammal & Ors. cited by 4
2012 Union of India and Ors. v. Brigadier P.S. Gill cited by 2
2002 Union of India and Ors. v. L.D. Balam Singh cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2024 Cdr Seema Chaudhary v. Union of India and Others relied on
2022 Wg Cdr A U Tayyaba (retd) and Others v. Union of India and Others relied on
2022 Cdr Amit Kumar Sharma Etc v. Union of India & Ors Etc referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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