The Supreme Court recently clarified that its judgment striking down of reservation for men in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) post of the Indian Army should not apply retrospectively in the ongoing recruitment.

Pursuant to the August 11 judgment of the Supreme Court in Arshnoor Kaur v UOI , in which it held that the recruitment in JAG must be gender-neutral, petitioner Seerat Kaur had approached the Court seeking relief by way of appointment in the 35th recruitment cycle(October 2025).

As per her contention, in the merit list published on July 10, she scored an overall 6th rank, out of a total number of 8 recommended candidates, women and men combined. However, despite the merit, the petitioner has not been selected. She prayed that the notification for the 35th recruitment be ap

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