Author name: Anshal Telang

Anshal Telang, a student of Master of Arts in Public Policy and Law at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai is currently pursuing internship under TRIP.

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Army’s Gender-Biased JAG Policy: A Win for Merit and Equality

While accepting the government and the Army’s submission that the ‘selection parameters for men and women were essentially identical’, the Court found evidence of indirect discrimination. More meritorious women were losing seats to less meritorious men due to the vacancy split. On August 11, 2025, the Supreme Court delivered the landmark judgment in the ‘Arshnoor […]

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