Benchmark Disability Not A Precondition To Obtain A Scribe: Supreme Court Allows Scribe For UPSC Candidate With 'Writer's Cramp'

In an important judgment delivered today, the Supreme Court held that facility of scribe can be provided for persons with disabilities other than those having benchmark disabilities.The bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud directed the Government to frame proper guidelines which would regulate and facilitate the grant of a facility of a scribe to persons with disability within the meaning. In an important judgment delivered today, the Supreme Court held that facility of scribe can be provided for persons with disabilities other than those having benchmark disabilities. The bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud directed the Government to frame proper guidelines which would regulate and facilitate the grant of a facility of a scribe to persons with disability within the meaning of Section 2 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 after consultation with the public, specifically with persons with disabilities and organizations representing them. Before concluding, we also intend to issue a broader direction to the Union Government in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to ensure the framing of proper guidelines which would regulate and facilitate the grant of a facility of a scribe to persons with disability within the meaning of Section 2 where the nature of the disability operates to impose a barrier to the candidate writing an examination.