Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
ACR Grading Bias Violates Article 14 | SC Grants Permanent Commission to Women Officers Denied on 'Merit' Grounds
The Supreme Court ruled that systemic bias in Annual Confidential Reports (ACR) grading and unequal career opportunities rendered the denial of Permanent Commission (PC) to women officers unconstitutional under Article 14. The Court directed pension benefits for released officers, emphasizing that merit-based denials cannot stand where structural discrimination is proven.