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Bombay HC Dismisses Colour-Blind Student’s Plea Against FTII’s Denial Of Admission [Read Judgment]
Live LawThe Bombay High Court has refused to grant relief to a student, who was shortlisted for admission to a PG diploma course in editing at Film and Television Institute of India, but was later denied admission after his medical test showed that he suffered from “colour blindness”.The student then filed writ petition challenging the FTII decision.His lawyer, Kartikeya Bahadur, argued. The Bombay High Court has refused to grant relief to a student, who was shortlisted for admission to a PG diploma course in editing at Film and Television Institute of India, but was later denied admission after his medical test showed that he suffered from “colour blindness”. His lawyer, Kartikeya Bahadur, argued that “colour blindness is neither a blindness nor low vision within the meaning of Section 2 of Persons with Disabilities Act 1995, and as such, denial of admission on the basis of colour blindness is illegal.” It was also argued that the criteria for admission to the said course include colour-blind students in the category of visually handicapped students, which is arbitrary. Citing various judgments of the apex court, the bench observed that there was no mala fide intent or arbitrariness shown on part of the institute and FTII rules framed by an expert body warrant denial of admission to a colour-blind candidate.
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