Delhi High Court asked the Centre to explain why married men and women are not eligible to apply to the Judge Advocate General (JAG) department . The court asked the Centre to provide an affidavit explaining the procedure .
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court asked the Centre on Wednesday to explain why married men and women are not eligible to apply to the Judge Advocate General (JAG) department, the legal arm of the army, and remarked that the policy prohibiting married people from applying is ridiculous, and asked the Centre to provide an affidavit explaining the procedure.Justice Prasad said that the policy must be put to paper because marriage and education are indistinct.A Major General is the Army's legal and judicial chief.Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma, a Centre officer, told the JAG that marriage and preparation are linked because the chosen candidates must undergo rigorous training, and that the bench asked him to provide an affidavit explaining the situation.
Since they also had aspirations, why should they be sacked for their parents' refusal to marry at an early age, according to a later affidavit filed in March 2019, the Centre said that the Constitution does not recognize the right to marry as a fundamental right, and that there was no discrimination on the basis of their marital status.The government filed a lawsuit in 2016 against Kalra for being discriminatory on female candidates.The Army announced a corrigendum on August 14, 2017 amending the marital criterion, which states that unmarried men are now legally able to marry after reaching the legal age of 18 years, as well as the entire Army's recruitment process, which includes the provisions of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, which includes the Hindu Marriage Act.The petition also disputed the fact that the Centre and the Army maintain that the PIL has been ignored, because it contained an exception.