Do Married Persons Lack Wisdom For Recruitment Into Army's JAG: HC To Centre
Live LawDo married individuals lack wisdom making them ineligible for recruitment into the Judge Advocate General branch of the armed forces, the Delhi High Court asked the Centre on Thursday. The bench raised these queries while hearing a PIL challenging the restriction on married individuals from being considered for JAG department, the legal arm of the army. Kalra had, thereafter, withdrawn his earlier petition and filed a fresh one challenging the alleged "discrimination" towards married individuals and said the corrigendum curtailed the civilians' rights to marry after attaining the legal age. The latest petition, filed through advocate Charu Wali Khanna, has questioned the basis for barring married persons from joining JAG when marital status is not an eligibility criteria for the "equally ranked" judiciary and Indian Civil Services.
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