INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana HC has issued notice to the central government on a petition filed by a former woman officer of the
Her main contention is that she is a woman, not a man, and thus former woman officers like herself should not be called ex-servicemen.A
division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Ritu Bahri and Justice Nidhi Gupta, issued the notice on the plea filed by Captain Sukhjit
Pal Kaur Sanewal (Retd), who was among the initial Short Service Commission woman officers in the Army.She pointed out that while women were
always a part of the Army as nurses and doctors, they have also been serving in other arms and services since the 1990s, and now are even
holding command appointments after judgments to this effect by HCs and the SC
