SC Asks Centre To Allow Female Aspirants to Take NDA Entrance Exam

Hearing a petition on induction of women in NDA, the top court bench said, “We don’t want women to be denied their right, needful be done by defense department in collaboration with UPSC.” Women should be allowed to take the National Defence Academy (NDA) exams this year, the Supreme Court said today, rejecting the government's request to defer the move until next year to establish a new system. ​However, a bench led by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul observed that the admission of women cannot be postponed. The bench took note of the submissions made by Senior Advocate Chinmoy Pradip Sharma on behalf of the petitioner Kush Kalra that two exams are held by the NDA during a year for the admissions to the next year. So, allowing women to take only the 2022 exams will mean that their admissions to the NDA will take place only in 2023.