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RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 given equal opportunity on a par with their male counter- n a landmark judgment, the parts in the armed forces. ISupreme Court on Monday It said the Centre’s sub- opened the way for women in mission of physiological limi- command positions in the tation is based on flawed notion Army and directed the Centre and there is no constitutional R to grant permanent commis- basis to deny them equal sion to all women officers opportunity. The SC said per- within three months. The apex manent commission can be court orders, on grounds of the given to women officers in the need to end gender bias in the Army irrespective of their Armed forces, will directly tenure of service. Delhi court on Monday benefit more than 300 women On February 9, serving Aissued fresh death war- officers, including making women officers in the Indian rants against the four death- them eligible for pension. Army had countered the row convicts in the Nirbhaya The women officers, how- Centre’s stand in the SC on gangrape and murder case. ever, will not be inducted into denying command posts to The four convicts will be now the combat arms such as the women on the ground of their hanged to death on March 3 at infantry, artillery and The top court said despite physiological limitations, 6 am. This is the third time that armoured corps as the Supreme there being no stay on the 2010 terming it not only “regressive death warrants have been The court was also Court clarified that their Delhi High Court verdict but also completely contrary to issued against them. informed that Vinay is on deployment is a matter of pol- allowing grant of permanent the demonstrated record and Additional Sessions Judge hunger strike. Vinay was icy as held by the Delhi High commission to women officers, statistics.” In their written sub- (ASJ) Dharmender Rana issued assaulted in jail and has head Court and the competent the Centre showed scant regard mission to the court, the fresh warrants against death injuries, his lawyer told the authority has to look into it. in implementing the directive women officers had sought row convicts Mukesh Kumar court, adding that he was suf- While directing the Centre in the past one decade. rejection of the submission of taking these reforms. Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), fering from acute mental illness to grant permanent commis- “There is no reason and the Centre and said it is unfor- Rawat said the theatre Vinay Kumar Sharma (26) and and hence the death sentence sion, the court termed the justification for the union of tunate that such grounds have ith the objective of fight- commands will be geographi- Akshay Kumar (31). cannot be carried out. The Government’s argument of India not to act as per the Delhi been raised, which are com- Wing modern-day warfare, cally defined and demarcated The first date of execution, court directed the Tihar Jail physiological limitations and High Court verdict. On pletely contrary to the demon- India will roll out two to five and a study will be conducted January 22, was postponed to superintendent to take appro- social norms for denying them September 2, 2011, the strated records of the case. theatre commands by 2022 to from March 31 onwards. The February 1 by a January 17 priate care of Vinay as per law. command posts as “disturbing.” Supreme Court clarified this The women officers had take care of security challenges study will be submitted for court order. Then the trial Pawan’s counsel informed The court said women offi- aspect and said there is no stay said they have been serving in along the western (Pakistan) scrutiny by the end of next year court on January 31 stayed “till the court that he wanted to cers in the past have brought on the High Court verdict. the 10 Combat Support Arms, and northern (China) borders. and hopefully the further orders” the execution of move curative petition and laurels to the country and Despite that scant regard has for the last 27 to 28 years and While Jammu & Kashmir commands will roll out by the four convicts as they had the mercy plea against the change of mindset is required been paid to the verdict of the have proven their mettle and will be a separate theatre, the 2020, said Rawat, adding the not exhausted all their legal death sentence before the on the part of the Government HC and the order of Supreme courage under fire. The written western and eastern Navy com- study groups will evaluate the remedies. President. to put an end to gender bias in Court as well,” the Bench said. submission had also said the mands will operate as one and on Monday. options of number of com- Mukesh on Monday told Pawan is the only one Armed forces. A Bench head- The SC said it is of the women officers have demon- known as peninsular com- Stressing that his charter as mands which could vary from the court that he didn’t want to among the four convicts who ed by Justice DY Chandrachud opinion that physiological fea- strated that they do not lack in mand to guard the strategical- CDS is clearly enunciated, he two to five. be represented by advocate has not yet filed the curative said there will not be any tures of women have no effect any manner in the roles that ly important Indian Ocean, said the mandate is to achieve At present, the three Vrinda Grover, after which petition — the last legal rem- absolute bar on giving women in granting permanent com- have been assigned to Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) jointness and synergy between Services have their own com- advocate Ravi Qazi was picked edy available to a person, command postings. mission and they have to be them. General Bipin Rawat said here the three Services by under- mands and operate in silos. to represent him. which is decided in-chamber. P ritish MP Debbie BAbrahams — at the fore- front of creating opinion against India on the Kashmir issue after the special status to the State under Article 370 was abolished — was stopped at the lockade of the public road Indira Gandhi International she had “not received any Bat Shaheen Bagh is “trou- Airport (IGIA) in Delhi on emails before February 13”. bling us”, the Supreme Court Monday and deported to After that, she had been trav- said on Monday and suggest- Dubai. elling and was away from office. ed that the anti-CAA protest- The Labour Party parlia- In her statement, Abrahams ers go to another site where no where to protest.” meetings with the local resident mentarian, also the chairperson said she had presented herself public place would be blocked. “Our concern is if every- welfare associations, priests of of the All Party Parliamentary at the immigration desk along The SC asked senior advo- body starts blocking public mosques there and we are try- Group for Kashmir in Britain, with her documents and e-visa. cate Sanjay Hegde to “play a areas then where will it end,” ing to persuade them that this was not allowed entry into “...The official looked at his constructive role as an inter- the bench asked. is not the way to keep entire India and was told upon her screen and started shaking his locutor” to persuade the pro- The SC said Hegde can city to hostage under the garb arrival at the airport that her e- head. Then he told me my visa testers to move to an alterna- take assistance of advocate of protest,” Mehta visa had been rejected. was rejected, took my passport tive site. People have a funda- Sadhana Ramachandran and said. The British MP said in a and disappeared for about 10 mental right to protest “peace- former Chief Information statement that she arrived in minutes. When he came back fully and lawfully” but block- Commissioner Wajahat Delhi on Monday morning he was very rude and aggres- ing public roads and public Habibullah for talking to the and was informed that her e- sive shouting at me to ‘come places is a matter of concern as protesters. visa, which was valid till with me’. I told him not to paign, including reduction in Board apart from key portfo- it might lead to “chaotic situa- Solicitor General Tushar October 2020, had been can- speak to me like that and was pollution and the expansion of lios of Health, PWD, Urban tion”, the apex court said, stress- Mehta, appearing for the Delhi celled. Countering her claims, then taken to a cordoned off metro network. Development, Power and ing that there has to be a “bal- Government and the Delhi New Delhi: A court here sent the Union Home Ministry area marked as a Deportee Cell. elhi Chief Minister Arvind The Chief Minister later Home. Women and Child ancing factor”. Police, told the court that the Sharjeel Imam, arrested on spokesperson said the British He then ordered me to sit DKejriwal and his Cabinet issued an order making minor department has been given to “Democracy works on solution is to remove these pro- sedition charge last month, to parliamentarian had been duly down and I refused. I didn’t colleagues took charge of their changes in the portfolios of the Rajender Pal Gautam. Earlier expression of views but there testers from the site. “We will one day custody of the Delhi informed that her visa was know what they might do or respective offices on Monday Ministers.