The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that women are eligible for employment in the territorial army. The Court observed that the government advertisement calling for only male candidates is discriminatory and women are also eligible for joining the territorial army. The Court observed that the restrictions on enrollment of women in the territorial army contained in the advertisement are neither reasonable nor rational and are to. be quashed.
Section 6 of the Indian Territorial Army Act, 1948, lays the eligibility for employment. It states that: "Any person who is a citizen of India may offer himself for enrolment in the Territorial Army, and may, if he satisfies the prescribed conditions, be enrolled for such period and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed."
The Court observed that the term 'any person' used in Section 6 of the Act includes both male and female and women cannot be discriminated against on the basis of gender. The Court observed that the advertisement to the extent that it excludes women from appointment to the territorial army is ultra vires Articles 14, 15, 16 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India and hereby quashed
Section 6 of the Indian Territorial Army Act, 1948, lays the eligibility for employment. It states that: "Any person who is a citizen of India may offer himself for enrolment in the Territorial Army, and may, if he satisfies the prescribed conditions, be enrolled for such period and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed."
The Court observed that the term 'any person' used in Section 6 of the Act includes both male and female and women cannot be discriminated against on the basis of gender. The Court observed that the advertisement to the extent that it excludes women from appointment to the territorial army is ultra vires Articles 14, 15, 16 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India and hereby quashed
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