How marriage affects ability to be a JAG officer: HC to Govt
24 Aug 2017 10:45 PM IST
New Delhi: How does marriage affect one's ability to become an officer in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) service, the legal arm of the Indian Army, the Delhi High Court asked on Thursday.
The query was posed to the Centre after it submitted before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal that now even married men are barred from being recruited in the Army.
The submission came after the court on August 10 had questioned the non-recruitment of married women in the JAG and observed that such acts amount to "hostile and 100 per cent discrimination".
It had made the observation while hearing a PIL by lawyer Kush Kalra claiming there was institutionalised discrimination against married women by not inducting them in JAG service.
The government on Thursday contended before the bench that since married men are also barred from being recruited in the Army, after a recent amendment in its recruitment rules, the PIL has become infructuous.
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