Supreme Court of India

Cdr Seema Chaudhary v. Union of India and Others

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Reported as [2024] 2 S.C.R. 820
Bench Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli JJ.
Decided 26 February 2024

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the ends of justice would require that the order which was passed by this Court on 20 October 2022 in Civil Appeal No 2216 of 2022 pertaining to the petitioner, should be recalled.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issues pertains to the grant of Permanent Commission to Women Short Service Commission Officers in the Indian Navy. Headnotes Armed Forces – Indian Navy – Women Short Service Commissioned Officers – Grant of permanent commission – Petitioner commissioned in the Indian Navy as a Short Service Commissioned Officer in the Judge Advocate Generals’ Branch of the Indian Navy – Petitioner was considered for permanent commission but denied on the ground that there were no vacancies – Petitioner moved this Court u/Art. 32 of the Constitution, but was relegated to the Armed

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