Former Flight Lieutenant Gunjan Saxena told the Delhi High Court that she did not face any discrimination on the grounds of gender in the Air Force, a very progressive institution.
She mentioned that the ‘Air Force gave her an opportunity to serve the nation including the Kargil War and she would be forever grateful for the opportunities given to her by the force’.
Saxena argued this in his affidavit in a suit filed by the Center. The suit calls for the issuance of a permanent injunction restraining the film ‘Gunjan Saxena – The Kargil Girl’ from releasing Netflix, Dharma Productions and others in its broadcasts or theaters or broadcasting on other digital platforms. It has also been requested to do so without giving a No Objection Certificate (NOC).
According to Gunjan’s affidavit, the film is not a documentary, but is inspired by his life. She does not claim that every incident in the film has actually happened in her life. This is a dramatic representation of his life. Gunjan believes that the film inspires women to join the Air Force.
She said that she has no control over the exercise of creative liberties’ during the making of the movie, it remains as fact that in so far as the deponent is concerned, at an institutional level, the deponent has not faced any discrimination on the basis of her gender. The IAF rather gave the deponent an opportunity to serve the nation, including in the Kargil War.