Five commandos belonging to an elite unit of the Indian Army were martyred over the weekend along the Line of Control in Kashmir after an intense close-quarter fight with an equal number of Islamic terrorists who had infiltrated into India.
It was under the guidance of the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee that a Task Force consisting of a Group of Ministers was constituted to study the recommendations proposed to the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) for creating a post of CDS
Upholding the Delhi HC verdict, the apex court also noted that 'a mindset change' is needed in this regard to end gender-based discrimination in the commissioning of women in the Army.