Calcutta High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Exclusion Of Disability Related Questions From NFHS-6
Live LawThe Calcutta High Court on Tuesday, issued notice to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Union of India, the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of WB, and other authorities, in a plea challenging the exclusion of disability related questions from the 6th instalment of the National Family Health Survey. It is not as easy as has said in the Memorandum…The respondents shall file an affidavit, clearly setting out why, the prayer sought for in the petition cannot be granted, and why the issues which have been flagged by the petitioner organisation in their representations cannot be treated as a basis for issuing appropriate directions to the appropriate respondents.” It was argued by the petitioner that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had illegally & arbitrarily removed ‘disaggregated data’ on disability in the 6th NFHS. The petitioners argued that the objective of the NFHS was to provide essential data pertaining to family welfare, which would be utilised by the MoH & FW and other agencies for introducing disability-friendly policy and programme purposes, and to provide information on important emerging health and family welfare issues. In seeing through these submissions, Chief Justice Sivagnanam orally remarked: “Very simple questions…the types of disabilities into five columns…under locomotor the first question is, whether having any difficulty in using hands, fingers, toes and body movements…where is the difficulty…you get your written instructions and argue.
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