The Supreme Court has stayed the impending release of 10 women short service commission officers, who are seeking grant of Permanent Commission, from the services as scheduled on December 31 this year from Indian Navy.

Acting on their plea for permanent Commission, a vacation bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Aniruddha Bose granted the interim relief to women officers. The top court sought a response from the Centre and the Chief of Naval Staff on two separate petitions and fixed the matter for consideration on January 19.

Senior advocate Meenakshi Arora, appearing for the petitioners Annie Nagaraja, Cdr Vijayeta and others, submitted a petition seeking similar relief for Army officers and it has been listed for consideration on January 19. She sought a stay on the orders issued on December 18 for release of the officers.

After a brief hearing through video conferencing, the bench ordered, "We will direct that the matter be listed on January 19, 2021, along with pending writ petitions. Meanwhile, there will be a stay on the order of December 18."

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