Centre issues guidelines for disability reservation to ensure uniformity
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Centre issues guidelines for disability reservation to ensure uniformity

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Centre has issued comprehensive guidelines to streamline reservation and identification of posts for persons with at least 40 per cent disabilities, mandating periodic identification of such posts and formation of committees to assess them. The move comes after the Delhi High Court flagged inconsistencies in implementation of the the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and criticised entities like the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan for unauthorised actions in identifying posts. The guidelines also mandate a four per cent reservation in direct recruitment and promotions across categories, including blindness, locomotor disability, hearing impairment, and intellectual disabilities. Arman Ali, Executive Director, National Centre for Promotion of Employment of Disabled People, said identifying posts suitable for persons with benchmark disabilities is not just about fulfilling reservation mandates; it's a stepping stone to enabling career growth.

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Reservation For Persons With Disabilities: Gujarat High Court Says State Will Endeavour To Notify Vacancies Within 1-Year Period
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Reservation For Persons With Disabilities: Gujarat High Court Says State Will Endeavour To Notify Vacancies Within 1-Year Period

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court on Friday said that all endeavours shall be made by the concerned State government departments to notify the vacancies to the recruiting agencies within the time period provided in its Circular in compliance with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act which mandates a 4% reservation for persons with benchmark disabilities. The court further said that …

Supreme Court Directs Union To Frame Mandatory Rules Under Rights Of Persons With Disabilities Act For Accessibility Of Public Spaces
2 months ago

Supreme Court Directs Union To Frame Mandatory Rules Under Rights Of Persons With Disabilities Act For Accessibility Of Public Spaces

Live Law  

In a significant judgment boosting disability rights, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Union Government to frame mandatory rules as required under Section 40 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 for ensuring that public places and services accessible to persons with disabilities.The Court held that Rule 15 of the Rights of Persons With Disabilities Rules,. In …

Certifying authority under RPwD Act alone can assess disability: HC
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Certifying authority under RPwD Act alone can assess disability: HC

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court has held that the assessment of the percentage of benchmark disability of a person certified by the authority constituted under the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act cannot be superseded or reviewed by any other authorities. The court made the observation recently while disposing of the writ petitions filed by three differently abled candidates challenging their …

Reasonable accommodations and disability rights
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Reasonable accommodations and disability rights

The Hindu  

The principle of reasonable accommodations is foregrounded in the legal framework through the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. However, compliance with this standard can only thrive in an ecosystem where institutions realise that in addition to fulfilling the legal mandate, an investment in RAs can also generate tangible business benefits for them. Since the rights of PwDs directly …

A job and career right the disabled cannot be denied
1 year, 5 months ago

A job and career right the disabled cannot be denied

The Hindu  

‘Justice delayed is justice denied’ is a statement often used in the context of judicial cases that have been or are pending for long in courts of law. An integral part of reservation Reservation for the disabled in promotion in all groups was first interpreted as an integral part of reservation by the Department of Personnel and Training, order no. …

Rigid Criteria, Fewer Posts Under Reservation: Why People With Disability Find it Hard to Get Jobs?
2 years, 4 months ago

Rigid Criteria, Fewer Posts Under Reservation: Why People With Disability Find it Hard to Get Jobs?

News 18  

Despite the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 mandating 4 per cent reservation for Persons With Disabilities in government jobs, the job sector in India barely has any representation from the PWDs community. Removing Reservation For People With Disabilities In 2021, the Center exempted all categories of posts under the Indian Police Service and Indian Railway Protection Force, including …

NEET- National Testing Agency Bound To Scrupulously Enforce Specific Relaxations For Persons With Disability: Supreme Court
3 years, 1 month ago

NEET- National Testing Agency Bound To Scrupulously Enforce Specific Relaxations For Persons With Disability: Supreme Court

Live Law  

"The NTA must remember that all authority under the law is subject to responsibility and above all to a sense of accountability. As an examining body, the NTA was bound to scrupulously enforce the guidelines for the examination which provide for specific relaxations for persons with disability", ruled the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The first respondent is governed by the …

Supreme Court Directs Centre To Issue Instructions To Implement Reservation In Promotions For Persons With Disabilities Within 4 Months
3 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Directs Centre To Issue Instructions To Implement Reservation In Promotions For Persons With Disabilities Within 4 Months

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Union of India to issue instructions "at the earliest and not later than four months", in accordance with the proviso to Section 34 of the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 for giving reservation in promotions to persons with disabilities. The Court said that there are no ambiguities in the judgment and …

'Rule Is Reservation': Delhi HC To DoPT Over Failure To Respond To Plea Alleging Disabled Quota Neglected In Civil Services
3 years, 5 months ago

'Rule Is Reservation': Delhi HC To DoPT Over Failure To Respond To Plea Alleging Disabled Quota Neglected In Civil Services

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed displeasure over failure of the Department of Personnel and Training to file its response to a plea challenging preliminary examination notice for direct recruitment to civil services in the year 2020, on the ground that it neglects the minimum reservation to be provided to disabled persons. Advocates Pankaj Sinha and DK Mahajan for …

Persons With Disabilities Have Right To Reservation In Promotions : Supreme Court
3 years, 6 months ago

Persons With Disabilities Have Right To Reservation In Promotions : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday held that persons with physical disabilities have right to reservation in promotions also.A 2-judge bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and R Subhash Reddy held so dismissing an appeal filed by the State of Kerala against a judgment of the Kerala High Court.The Supreme Court said that the High Court judgment was. The Supreme Court …

Benchmark Disability Not A Precondition To Obtain A Scribe: Supreme Court Allows Scribe For UPSC Candidate With 'Writer's Cramp'
3 years, 10 months ago

Benchmark Disability Not A Precondition To Obtain A Scribe: Supreme Court Allows Scribe For UPSC Candidate With 'Writer's Cramp'

Live Law  

In an important judgment delivered today, the Supreme Court held that facility of scribe can be provided for persons with disabilities other than those having benchmark disabilities.The bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud directed the Government to frame proper guidelines which would regulate and facilitate the grant of a facility of a scribe to persons with disability within the meaning. …

Centre to not amend disability law after criticism from activists, terms existing provisions as 'appropriate'
4 years, 5 months ago

Centre to not amend disability law after criticism from activists, terms existing provisions as 'appropriate'

Firstpost  

Around 125 organisations had registered strong protest against a proposal to ‘dilute and nullify’ penal provisions in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 New Delhi: The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities on Thursday said it has decided to not proceed with a proposal to amend the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 to decriminalise minor …

SC affirms 3% quota for disabled in PSUs
4 years, 11 months ago

SC affirms 3% quota for disabled in PSUs

The Hindu  

A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court has granted relief to persons with disabilities across the country by allowing reservation in promotion in all groups for those employed in public sector jobs. The Bench, also comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and V. Ramasubramanian, was answering a reference on the question whether the disabled, included under The Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995”, …

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