Women's rights search in India continues in naval forces. After Army, Supreme Court grants permanent commission to women officers in Navy. The top court ruled that women naval officers cannot be denied the right to equal opportunity and dignity entitled to under the Constitution on specious grounds such as physiology, motherhood and physical attributes.

All serving women short service commission officers in at least seven wings, including the executive, engineering, electrical, education, law and logistics, will be eligible to apply.

Another bench of the court led by Justice DY Chandrachud had earlier declared that women would be eligible for permanent commission in select army cadres too.