Welfare State Expected To Create Conducive Conditions For Disabled Citizens, Provide Avenues For Public Employment: Delhi High Court
2 years, 3 months ago

Welfare State Expected To Create Conducive Conditions For Disabled Citizens, Provide Avenues For Public Employment: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court has observed that a welfare State is expected to create conditions which are conducive to citizens with disabilities by providing them avenues for public employment.A division bench comprising of Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Tushar Rao Gedela was of the view that under the Persons with Disabilities Act,. The Delhi High Court has observed that a welfare State is expected to create conditions which are conducive to citizens with disabilities by providing them avenues for public employment. It is with a view to give impetus to the beneficial provisions of the said Act, that the Central Government and the State Governments created various avenues for public employment of such differently abled citizens," the Court said. It added "The welfare State is expected to create conditions which are conducive to such citizens by providing avenues for public employment."

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'Casual Approach': Supreme Court Summons Director General Of Health Services In Plea Of Disabled Candidate For MBBS Admission
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1 week, 6 days ago

'Casual Approach': Supreme Court Summons Director General Of Health Services In Plea Of Disabled Candidate For MBBS Admission

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The Supreme Court today has sought the personal presence of the Director General, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India tomorrow at 10:30 am in Court. This observation came after the Court found that the approach of the Respondents, in this case, was "casual" in a case related to the medical admission of …

Persons With Disabilities Should Not Be Deprived From Public Employment Despite Being Eligible & Meritorious On Hyper-Technical Grounds: Rajasthan HC
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Persons With Disabilities Should Not Be Deprived From Public Employment Despite Being Eligible & Meritorious On Hyper-Technical Grounds: Rajasthan HC

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Rajasthan High Court has ruled that the intention behind enacting the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995, and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 was to ensure full participation of people with disabilities in public employment and all-round efforts were needed to ensure that no opportunity was left for their integration into the mainstream society. All-round efforts are required …

Delhi High Court Orders Indian Nursing Council To Consider Representation On Inclusive Disability Reservation In B.Sc. Nursing Program
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Orders Indian Nursing Council To Consider Representation On Inclusive Disability Reservation In B.Sc. Nursing Program

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The Delhi High Court has directed the Indian Nursing Council to address a representation challenging Clause 8 of the 'Admission Terms and Conditions' under the Revised Regulations and Curriculum for B.Sc. “Keeping in view the aforesaid, this Court directs the present writ petition to be treated as a representation to respondent no.3, who in turn, is directed to decide the …

Delhi High Court Issues Directions For Immediate Financial Assistance, Recovery Of Back Wages For Rescued Child Labourers
11 months, 1 week ago

Delhi High Court Issues Directions For Immediate Financial Assistance, Recovery Of Back Wages For Rescued Child Labourers

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The Delhi High Court has issued a slew of directions for immediate financial assistance, recovery of back wages and legal proceedings to be followed by the authorities in the post rescue protocol of child labourers in the national capital. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora directed that when a rescued child is …

Centre's response sought on plea raising issue of assistance to persons with disabilities
1 year, 2 months ago

Centre's response sought on plea raising issue of assistance to persons with disabilities

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on September 25 asked the Centre to respond to a plea which sought that quantum of assistance to persons with disabilities should be 25% higher than those given to others under similar social welfare schemes. The Bench, also comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, requested Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati to assist the Supreme Court in …

Mere Disability Doesn’t Deprive An Individual Of The Constitutional Right To Practice Any Profession Or Carry Business: Delhi High Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Mere Disability Doesn’t Deprive An Individual Of The Constitutional Right To Practice Any Profession Or Carry Business: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court has said that mere disability does not deprive an individual the constitutional right to practise any profession or to carry on any occupation, trade or business. “Thus, it would be wholly retrograde, and in derogation of the constitutional guarantees under Articles 14, 19 & 21, to deny the right of a person suffering from any disability, …

Ensure gadgets, infrastructure for disabled on court premises: Delhi HC
1 year, 3 months ago

Ensure gadgets, infrastructure for disabled on court premises: Delhi HC

The Hindu  

To make court premises more accessible, the High Court has directed the Delhi government to provide infrastructure and financial assistance to procure essential gadgets for the differently abled so that they may take part in judicial proceedings. The direction came on a petition filed by a differently abled man, who is accused of subjecting his wife — a “polio orthopaedically …

Calcutta High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Exclusion Of Disability Related Questions From NFHS-6
1 year, 5 months ago

Calcutta High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Exclusion Of Disability Related Questions From NFHS-6

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The 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 …

Woman Moves Delhi High Court To Stop Friend From Travelling Abroad For Euthanasia
2 years, 4 months ago

Woman Moves Delhi High Court To Stop Friend From Travelling Abroad For Euthanasia

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A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court by a woman to stop her friend, diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, from travelling to Europe for Euthanasia, thereby seeking direction on the Centre to not grant emigration clearance to him. Claiming that the friend made 'false claims' before Indian as well as foreign authorities for getting travel permissions, the …

"They Are Children Without A Voice": High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Response On Plea To Fill Vacant Posts In School For Blind Students
2 years, 5 months ago

"They Are Children Without A Voice": High Court Seeks Delhi Govt's Response On Plea To Fill Vacant Posts In School For Blind Students

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The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the response of Delhi Government in a plea seeking filling up of vacant posts of Principal, Vice Principal and other teaching staff in a Government run school for blind students. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was hearing an application moved in a 2018 plea …

"How Will These Bodies Function?": Delhi HC Seeks Centre's Response Over Failure To Fill Posts Created For Welfare Of Persons With Disabilities
2 years, 8 months ago

"How Will These Bodies Function?": Delhi HC Seeks Centre's Response Over Failure To Fill Posts Created For Welfare Of Persons With Disabilities

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed concern over Centre's failure to fill up various vacancies with respect to the statutory posts created for the welfare of persons with disabilities. The Court was hearing a petition filed in the year 2018, pointing the failure on part of Union of India to fill up the positions of Chief Commissioner of Persons …

Delhi High Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Directions To Provide Food, Shelter & Financial Help To Beggars, Homeless, Slum Dwellers Across Delhi
3 years, 7 months ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice In Plea Seeking Directions To Provide Food, Shelter & Financial Help To Beggars, Homeless, Slum Dwellers Across Delhi

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Delhi High Court has on Monday issued notice in plea filed seeking directions to provide food, shelter, and financial help to the beggars, homeless, slum dwellers across Delhi with immediate effect, as denial of this right by State if contrary to Articles 14,19 and 21 of the ConstitutionA division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued …

Delhi HC issues notice to UPSC after plea says quota for disabled neglected
4 years, 4 months ago

Delhi HC issues notice to UPSC after plea says quota for disabled neglected

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to Union Public Service Commission on a plea challenging this year’s preliminary examination notice for direct recruitment to civil services on the ground that it neglects the minimum reservation to be provided to disabled persons. The petition by Sambhavana, a registered society of the disabled for the disabled, claimed that the UPSC’s …

Delhi HC Seeks Response of All States, UTs on PIL for Foodgrains to Disabled Under Various Schemes
4 years, 4 months ago

Delhi HC Seeks Response of All States, UTs on PIL for Foodgrains to Disabled Under Various Schemes

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response of all the states and union territories on a PIL seeking directions to them and the Centre to provide benefits of the various food security and poverty alleviation schemes to persons with disabilities. The observations by the bench came while hearing the NGO''s PIL seeking directions to the Centre to ensure that …

For equal treatment: The Hindu Editorial on the Supreme Court extending benefits to the disabled
4 years, 5 months ago

For equal treatment: The Hindu Editorial on the Supreme Court extending benefits to the disabled

The Hindu  

In holding that people suffering from disability are entitled to the same benefits and relaxations as candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, the Supreme Court has recognised the travails of the disabled in accessing education or employment, regardless of their social status. Recently, the top court ruled that the Delhi High Court had correctly decided in 2012 that “people suffering …

Disabled are entitled to same benefits of SC/ST quota: Supreme Court
4 years, 5 months ago

Disabled are entitled to same benefits of SC/ST quota: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court, in a significant decision, confirmed that persons suffering from disabilities are also socially backward and entitled to the same benefits of relaxation as Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates in public employment and education. Setting aside the college decision, the Supreme Court noted that Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates require 35% to pass in the aptitude test, the same shall …

Plea Seeking Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities As Beneficiaries Under Food Security Act: Delhi HC Issues Notice To Centre
4 years, 5 months ago

Plea Seeking Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities As Beneficiaries Under Food Security Act: Delhi HC Issues Notice To Centre

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Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea moved by the National Federation of Blind seeking a direction to be issued to the Central Government to further direct all the States and Union Territories to include Persons with Disabilities as beneficiaries under Antyodaya Anna Yojana and the Food Security Act. The order has come in a PIL which seeks …

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