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- Kush Kalra filed a public interest litigation challenging the disparity in officer recruitment vacancies between men and women in the Territorial Army.
- The petition claims that since 2022, the organization has consistently allocated a significantly higher number of vacancies to men while restricting women to a single opening per cycle.
- The plea asserts that maintaining separate merit lists and skewed vacancy counts violates constitutional rights to equality.
- The court has scheduled the matter for a further hearing on December 4, 2026, and requested formal responses from the involved parties.
What to watch next
- The next court hearing scheduled for December 4, 2026.
- Potential changes to Territorial Army recruitment vacancy allocation policies.
- The filing of replies and rejoinders by the involved parties.
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Named India · Ministry of Defence · Territorial Army · Delhi High Court · Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya · Kush Kalra · Supreme Court of India · Tejas Karia
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