NCC

The Court expressed that the case was an important matter and that it was not keen on rushing with hearing the case.

The Centre contended that NCC is not a regular education institution, but an institution that was founded with the primary aim of grooming cadets for a future with the armed forces.

The petitioner Hina Haneefa is a student at the University College at Thiruvananthapuram. She moved the court that she was not being allowed to apply for enrollment with the NCC on account of her gender.

While the move to have people volunteer for a temporary period in the armed and paramilitary forces will help India have reserve personnel, it is too short a time to train them to acceptable standards.