New Delhi:

Giving an ultimatum to the Centre on the problem of granting everlasting fee to ladies Coast Guard officers, the Supreme Courtroom as we speak mentioned “ladies can’t be omitted” and “if you don’t do it, we’ll do it”. “All these performance and so forth argument doesn’t maintain water in 2024. Girls can’t be omitted. If you don’t do it, we’ll do it. So check out that,” Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud advised the Centre’s counsel, Lawyer Common R Venkataramani. The Centre’s counsel mentioned he’ll ask the Coast Guard to file an affidavit.

The court docket set March 1 because the date for the following listening to. The petition within the matter has been filed by a lady officer of the Coast Guard. It seeks everlasting fee for eligible ladies officers becoming a member of the pressure underneath quick service fee. The Lawyer Common has argued that the Coast Guard is completely different from the Navy and Military.

The Centre was pulled up through the earlier listening to within the matter on February 19. The Chief Justice had then requested why there was an “indifference” with regard to the Coast Guard. “Why do not you need ladies within the Coast Guard? If ladies can guard the borders, they’ll additionally guard the seashores. You discuss Nari Shakti, present it right here,” he had mentioned.

The court docket had questioned the “patriarchal” mindset opposing induction of girls into the pressure. “You could have ladies within the Navy, so what’s particular in regards to the Coast Guard. We are going to open up the entire canvas. Gone are the times after we mentioned that ladies can’t be part of the Coast Guard,” the Chief Justice had mentioned.

The petitioner, Priyanka Tyagi, had earlier approached the Delhi Excessive Courtroom, however didn’t get reduction. In her petition, she has pointed to the Supreme Courtroom judgments on everlasting fee for ladies within the Military and Navy.