CJI DY Chandrachud Takes Suggestions From Senior Adv SK Rungta On Making Courts Accessible For Lawyers With Visual Disabilities
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CJI DY Chandrachud Takes Suggestions From Senior Adv SK Rungta On Making Courts Accessible For Lawyers With Visual Disabilities

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On Thursday, in open court, the Chief Justice of India, Justice D.Y. In order to understand the difficulty faced by Advocates with visual disabilities in navigating courts on a daily basis, he asked Senior Advocate, Mr. S.K. The CJI asked Mr. Rungta, "I wanted to ask you a personal question.I hope you don't mind.The other Counsel is citing a compilation, how do you follow it in Court?" Acknowledging the suggestion made by Mr. Rungta, the CJI told him that he would ask the Head scientist of National Informatics Centre to coordinate with him, so that they can all work together to make the Courts disability-friendly. Mr. Rungta said that he would whole-heartedly participate in such a noble endeavour, which would make lives of Advocates with disabilities a lot easier across the board.

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