Women can take NDA exam in Nov, why wait till May 2022: SC to govt

As the hearing began, senior advocate Chinmoy Pradip Sharma told the bench that there are two exams that take place in a year - NDA I and NDA II

The Supreme Court on Wed­nesday allowed wom­en to take the National Defence Acad­e­my (NDA) entrance exam in Novem­ber this year and not wait till May 2022 as requested by the government.

The apex court said it doesn’t want women to be denied their right, alth­ou­gh the Centre had told it earlier that a notification allowing women candidat­es to appear for the NDA exam would be out by May.

A Study Group has been constituted by the defence services, comprising experts, to formulate the comprehensive curriculum for women cadets at NDA, it had said, adding that a Board of Officers has been convened