President Honored Air Force Chief, Nominated Navy Chief
President honored Air Force Chief, nominated Navy Chief, received Param Vishisht Seva Medal.
Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Choudhary and Navy Chief nominee Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar were awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Air Chief Marshal Chowdhury took over as the Chief of the Air Staff on 30 September.
While the Center announced on 9 November that Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar would take over as the Navy Chief from 30 November.
Kumar will take over from Admiral KB Singh, who is retiring after a tenure of 30 months. Military Secretary Lt Gen Rajiv Sirohi will be awarded the Uttam Yudh Seva Medal.
The army should look into the annual confidential report of women officers: Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Army to reconsider the issue of women officers with short service commissions.
These women officers have been denied Permanent Commission (PC) in the Army for failing to secure 60 percent marks even after being assessed on the basis of the Unit Assessment Card (UAC) based assessment system.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna told Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain, appearing for the Center and the Army, and senior advocate R. Balasubramaniam.
“Also look into the latest Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs) of women officers after their fifth and 10th years of service.”
The top court is hearing the plea of women officers. These officers say they have been assessed on the basis of a flawed UAC system and have not been given a permanent commission.
“We are not asking to ignore the UAC system but please refer to the latest ACR,” the bench said. If his ACR is extraordinary, then leaving him will not be in the interest of both the army and the country.
