In an innovative move towards gender equality, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed entitled women to take the examination for admission to National Defence Academy (NDA) scheduled to be held on September 5. The Apex court, however, said that the women candidates can take the examination subject to further orders of the court.

A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy passed the interim order on a plea filed by one Kush Kalra, which has sought a direction to the authorities concerned to allow eligible female candidates to appear in the 'National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination' and train at the NDA.

The bench also directed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to take out an appropriate notification in view of its order and give due publicity to it. During the hearing, senior advocate Chinmoy Pradip Sharma, appearing for Kalra, said they have received the Centre's counter-affidavit on Tuesday in which the government has stated that it is purely a policy decision and court should not interfere with it.

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