Appearing on behalf of the petitioners, advocate Amit George submitted that the ordinance in question completely eliminates males from appointment to the Indian military as nurses and provides only for the appointment of women.
The petition also stated that the Indian Professional Nurses Association was seeking a recourse against the patently discriminatory and illegal treatment being meted out to the male nurses in India by the unconstitutional and illegal practice of having a military nursing service consisting of only female nurses.
The plea also contended that while the matter was still pending before this Court, a new job advertisement for ‘female candidates only’, who have registered and are appearing for NEET (UG), 2022 for admission to the four years BSc Nursing Course, was put out at the Colleges of Nursing of Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS)
It was submitted that the said advertisement constitutes a gender violation and is violative of Articles 14, 15, 19 (1) (g) and 21.
It was also mentioned that the last date for making the applications in the advertisement was stated as May 31, 2022 and that it is manifestly impermissible for the respondents to perpetuate the illegal and abhorrent gender discrimination practice while the matter was still pending adjudication before the Court.
Source: Barandbench
