 "Pooja Thakur takes IAF to court after being denied permanent commission")
Wing Commander Pooja Thakur has moved court after the Indian Air Force denied her permanent commission, reported CNN-News 18. [caption id=“attachment_2737920” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File photo of the Indian Air Force. Reuters[/caption]
#UPDATE | Wing Commander Pooja Thakur takes IAF to court on being denied permanent commission, reports @JournoPranay
— News18 (@CNNnews18) July 14, 2016
Armed Forces Tribunal admitted the matter and has sought IAF's response within 4 weeks: Wing CDR Pooja Thakur's Lawyer Sudhanshu Pandey
— ANI (@ANI) July 14, 2016
According to News 18, Thakur termed the decision as “biased, discriminatory, arbitrary and unreasonable” in her petition. However, former IAF officers denied any gender bias, the report said.
IAF selects officers via selection panel, not a Rozgar Yojana: Wing Commander (retd) Praful Bakshi
— News18 (@CNNnews18) July 14, 2016
IAF says Pooja Thakur was offered permanent commission in 2012, she declined it then & now no new offer can be given: Pooja Thakur's lawyer
— ANI (@ANI) July 14, 2016
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More ShortsIAF citing a policy instruction not approved by Govt arent granting her permanent commision: Pooja Thakur's lawyer pic.twitter.com/wtJeA0t73E
— ANI (@ANI) July 14, 2016
Thakur was the first lady officer to lead the Inter-Service Guard of Honour which was inspected by the US President Barack Obama during his India visit in 2015. Thakur had told NDTV that while she was proud of the fact that she was allowed to lead the guard of honour, she really hoped that the incident inspired more women to join the armed forces in the country. Thakur joined the IAF in 2000 and belongs to the administrative branch. The officer’s father retired as a Colonel from the Indian Army, reported The Financial Express. _According to Firstpost_, last October, the government decided to open the fighter stream for women on an experimental basis for five years. But combat roles in the Army and the Navy are still off limits due to a combination of operational concerns and logistical constraints. Women pilots were first included in 1991, for choppers and transport aircrafts. The first batch of women fighter pilots, comprising three cadets, was inducted in the Indian Air Force on 18 June, the report said. The three women pilots were commissioned into the fighter stream after successful completion of the initial training, official sources said. Earlier this month, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar pitched for greater role of women in the armed forces,and proposed the idea of raising an all women battalion and stationing of women on warships as the “psychological barrier” has been broken with the induction of female fighter pilots, reported Firstpost.
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