Introduction In August of 2025, the Supreme Court struck down the Indian Army’s policy of gender-based reservations in Judge Advocate General (JAG) posts on grounds of indirect discrimination ( Arshnoor Kaur v UOI ; para 93). This judgment draws attention to the fact that non-combat arms in the armed forces, like JAG, continue to have arbitrary gender-based distinctions in recruitment despite the Defence Ministry’s 2023 press release claiming that employment in the Indian ar