The Supreme Court has asked the Maharashtra government to file the status report in a plea filed by Harshad Purushottam Mehta against the Bombay High Court order which had rejected his bail plea raised on the ground that he has served more than one half of the maximum sentence for the offences he is accused of.
As per the affidavit, the Government of India hereby places on record its clear and categorical stand that women candidates shall be considered for entry in the three defence services, in the existing streams, through National Defence Academy (NDA)
Gauhati High Court division bench while considering the PIL observed that since the Petitioner had submitted representations to the authorities ,directed the authorities to examine the same in view of the irregularities pointed out in the said reports.