The Supreme Court heard the case of stopping pregnant women IPS officers from training during probation. The Supreme Court has sought a reply from the Central Government on this matter. He asked that if the woman officer is completely fit on medical grounds then why should she be stopped from training? The next hearing of this case will be held today. Actually, 2023 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre Urvashi Sengar has filed a petition in the Supreme Court.
In the petition, the Home Ministry’s office memorandum of 1993, which barred pregnant women IPS officers from training during probation, has been challenged in the Supreme Court. Urvashi Sengar started Phase-1 training in November 2023. In April 2025, during Phase-2 training, she became pregnant and informed the academy about it. After this, she was asked to leave the training midway and take training again with the next batch after a year of delivery.
The system created for benefit should not be used to snatch rights
On this matter, the bench of Justice Manoj Mishra and Justice Shri Chandrashekhar said that this order of the High Court is an interim order. The High Court has not yet given any final decision on this. How can the same rule be applied to all women? The court said that even after two years of pregnancy, someone may not be completely fit for training due to surgery or any other medical problem. In such a situation, everyone cannot be treated equally by one rule.
The Supreme Court said that the system made for the benefit of women cannot be used to snatch their rights. The Supreme Court also asked the Center whether Urvashi Sengar could be allowed to participate in the training starting from June 2026. The central government argued that if one officer was given exemption, the same demand would be raised in many such cases in future. On behalf of Urvashi Sengar, it was said that in the past some women officers have been given exemption in such cases.
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