The Supreme Court has upheld the right of serving Short Service Commission (SSC) women officers of the Navy to be granted permanent commission (PC) on a par with their male counterparts.
What benefit?
A Permanent Commission means a career in the army until one retires.
If one gets selected through Permanent Commission, one has the option to serve the country up to the full age of retirement.
A women naval SSC officer retires in 10 years, whereas one with a permanent commission is entitled to serve for four more years, making it a total of 14 years.