: National Defence Academy will be prepared to induct women candidates by May 2022, Centre tells SC #IndiaNEWS The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that preparation was being done to put in

National Defence Academy will be prepared to induct women candidates by May 2022, Centre tells SC #IndiaNEWS
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that preparation was being done to put in place a mechanism by May 2022 so that women candidates can appear for the National Defence Academy examination, Bar and Bench reported.The defence ministry made the submission in an affidavit filed in response to a plea filed by lawyer Kush Kalra seeking permission for women candidates to appear for the exam.During a hearing of the matter on September 8, the Centre had told the Supreme Court that women will be admitted to the National Defence Academy. However, Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati had requested the court to hold off admissions in the current academic year, citing the need for “policy, procedure, training and infrastructure changes???.In an affidavit submitted before a bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy, the defence ministry said on Tuesday that that a study group of experts has been constituted to formulate a curriculum for women cadets at the National Defence Academy.The expert group will finalise medical standards for admission taking into account various aspects like young age and nature of training required for induction of women cadets to the defence services, Live Law reported.The affidavit noted that the curriculum and parameters for outdoor training, including “drill, equitation, games, sports etc??? will have to...Read more

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