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The affidavit was filed pursuant to the centre government informing the supreme court on 08.09.2021 that women will be inducted in permanent commission.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has filed an affidavit at the supreme court stating that the necessary mechanism to recruit women cadets in the permanent commissions will be in place by May 2022.  

The affidavit states that considering the timeline, necessary arrangements need to be made to the infrastructure of the National Defence Academy (NDA) to ensure smooth induction and seamless training of women candidates.

According to the affidavit, while medical standards for male cadets is already in place, they need to be formulated for women cadets in consultation with the defence services and the Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services.

The affidavit also mentions that constructing facilities such as separate living quarters, rest rooms  in addition to recruitment of more gynaecologists, sports medicine specialists, lady attendants and nurses will have to be done prior to recruiting women cadets. It further prays for disposal of the petition by taking on record the affirmative stand of the government. 

The MoD has filed this affidavit pursuant to centre informing a bench consisting Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and MM Sundaresh on 08.09.2021 that it will file an affidavit regarding induction of women cadets to permanent commission.

Prior to this, a bench consisting of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy had on 18.08.2021 passed an order permitting women candidates to appear for the NDA exams that were held on 05.09.2021.

According to the supreme court’s website this writ petition titled Kush Kalra Vs Union of India , numbered 001416 of 2020 is likely to come up before Justices Kaul and Sundaresh on 22.09.2021.