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Kotiswar Singh, JJ. stayed the release of all women officers of the Indian Army currently in service until the next date of hearing. The Court clarified that this interim relief would not create any equity in favour of the officers. It further directed that no officer-in-service should be relieved from duty until further orders were passed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In response to submissions made during the hearing, the Court remarked that the cases concerning the women officers would be adjudicated on their merits, but until then, the Army could continue to utilize the services of the officers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Addressing the concern raised by the Additional Solicitor General regarding the Army&#8217;s steep pyramidical structure and the need for younger officers, Justice Kant emphasised the importance of balancing youth and experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Hence, the Court stayed the relieving of Indian Army women officers who were currently in service, directing that they should not be discharged from duty until the next date of hearing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Source:<\/span> Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">Amid ongoing Indo-Pak tensions and in light of Operation Sindoor, the Supreme Court underscored the paramount importance of safeguarding the dignity and morale of women officers serving in the Indian Army.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67512,"featured_media":347488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1188,2],"tags":[12781,71871,35299,81872,32530,81874,40055,81871,31478,5363,81873,45530],"class_list":["post-347485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hot_off_the_press","category-news","tag-indian-army","tag-justice-n-kotiswar-singh","tag-justice-surya-kant","tag-lt-col-geeta-sharma","tag-morale","tag-operation-sindoor","tag-permanent-commission","tag-release-stay","tag-status-quo","tag-supreme-court","tag-utilization-of-services","tag-women-army-officers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Supreme Court Stays Release of Serving Women Army Officers; 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