No Badge Of Cheaters Please

The Supreme Court of India in Justice Sunanda Bhandare vs Union of India in 2014 observed: "In the matters of providing relief to those who are differently abled, the approach and attitude of the executive must be liberal and relief oriented and not obstructive or lethargic." Given the "peculiar nature" of her disability, she prayed before the Kerala High Court, that she be permitted or allotted suitable scribe of her choice, as contemplated in the guidelines on scribes issued by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in 2013. In Vikash Kumar vs.Union Public Service Commission, the latest landmark judgment of the Supreme Court on the facility of scribe, the learned Additional Solicitor General appearing for the Union of India, submitted that "the abuse of this facility cannot be ruled out". For instance, Aman Gupta who appeared for Civil Service Examination in 2010 accused the Union Public Service Commission of not providing "sufficiently competent scribes" to write his test. Their operation so far remain hobbled following the order in Adyta Narayan Tiwari V. Union of India as examining bodies express their inability to form panels of suitable scribes mandated in those guidelines.