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SC rejects Centre’s plea to delay NDA exam for women, says can’t postpone

  The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it doesn’t want women to be denied their right. The induction of women cannot be posted by one year, it said. The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to accept the Centre’s request to allow women candidates to appear for the entrance exam to the NDA from next year, saying it doesn’t want women to be denied their right. The induction of women cannot be posted by one year, it said. The Centre had told the top court that a notification allowing women candidates to appear for the entrance exam to the  National Defence Academy  will be out by May next year. A bench headed by Justice S K Kaul said the armed forces are the best response team to deal with emergency situations and it is hopeful that necessary arrangements will be put in place to pave the way for the induction of women in NDA without delay. It said the needful should be done by the defence department in collaboration with the UPSC. The top court noted the submissions made by sen...