Articles for Reasonable Accommodation

Candidate Turns 100% Blind After Submitting Application: Rajasthan HC Permits Him To Change Category, Avail PwD Quota; Calls It 'Act Of God'
6 days, 11 hours ago

Candidate Turns 100% Blind After Submitting Application: Rajasthan HC Permits Him To Change Category, Avail PwD Quota; Calls It 'Act Of God'

Live Law  

Rajasthan High Court allowed writ petition filed by a candidate for the post of a teacher for changing his category from “unreserved” to “physically handicapped” when his blindness transformed from 40% to 100% in between submission of application and publication of result. Opining it to be an instance of Vis Major, the bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand ruled that …

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Madras High Court Monthly Digest - May 2024
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras High Court Monthly Digest - May 2024

Live Law  

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw 181 To 2024 LiveLaw 227 NOMINAL INDEX H Raja v State, 2024 LiveLaw 181 Safai Karamchari Andolan v Union of India and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 182 Ms. Monisha v The National Testing Agency and another, 2024 LiveLaw 183 State of TN & Ors Vs. C. Arnold, 2024 LiveLaw 184 S. Madhavan vs M/s THG Publishing Pvt. vs …

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Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 29 - May 5, 2024
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 29 - May 5, 2024

Live Law  

Citations: 2024 LiveLaw 175 To 2024 LiveLaw 185 NOMINAL INDEX R Rajamani v The State of Tamil Nadu, 2024 LiveLaw 175 Sasikumar v Union Government of India and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 176 Arumugapandian @ Bala Vivekanandan @ Rocket Raja v State, 2024 LiveLaw 177 Suthanthira Kannan v Election Commission of India and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 178 K Selvakumar v The …

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Why The BCI Should Reconsider The Rules Governing The Provision Of A Scribe And ‘Extra Time’ For Pwd Applicants In AIBE-XVIII ?
1 year, 2 months ago

Why The BCI Should Reconsider The Rules Governing The Provision Of A Scribe And ‘Extra Time’ For Pwd Applicants In AIBE-XVIII ?

Live Law  

Earlier today, the Bar Council of India released a revised schedule for the All India Bar Examination -XVIII, postponing the exam to 26th November 2023. Recent amendments made to the rules laid down in ‘Admit Card-Instructions’, which govern the provision of ‘extra time’ and the provision of a scribe for applicants with disability are cases in point. In this, they …

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In A First, Sign Language Interpreter Appears In Supreme Court For Deaf Lawyer; Sparks Conversations On Accessibility
1 year, 2 months ago

In A First, Sign Language Interpreter Appears In Supreme Court For Deaf Lawyer; Sparks Conversations On Accessibility

Live Law  

On a seemingly ordinary morning on September 22, the Supreme Court of India had a surprise in store for all those tuned into its virtual proceedings. The presence of the Indian Sign Language interpreter, Saurav Roychowdhury, was arranged by Advocate on Record Sanchita Ain, who had a sole mission in mind - to ensure that her deaf junior, Advocate Sarah …

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For inclusive court proceedings, ensuring reasonable accommodation for lawyers with disabilities is vital
1 year, 4 months ago

For inclusive court proceedings, ensuring reasonable accommodation for lawyers with disabilities is vital

Hindustan Times  

Our legal system is burdened with a multitude of challenges, including overflowing dockets, insufficient judges, and inadequate court infrastructure. States should ensure that persons with disabilities are able to act as judges, lawyers, prosecutors, witnesses, jurors, experts and court officials in the justice system without discrimination.” The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, provides certain explicit guarantees for individuals …

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Why the elevation of disabled advocate Moxa Kiran Thakker is important
1 year, 7 months ago

Why the elevation of disabled advocate Moxa Kiran Thakker is important

Hindustan Times  

On March 2, the Supreme Court collegium, comprising of three senior-most judges, recommended the elevation of Moxa Kiran Thakker as a judge in the Gujarat high court. Moreover, it said Thakker enjoys “a good personal and professional image and nothing adverse has come to notice with regard to her integrity.” The collegium noted that Thakker has overcome physical disabilities and …

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Disability rights: A call to our CJI to champion this cause with all his might
2 years, 1 month ago

Disability rights: A call to our CJI to champion this cause with all his might

Hindustan Times  

On the morning of November 9, I attended the swearing-in ceremony of India’s 50th Chief Justice, Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud. As CJI Chandrachud recently noted in the Professor Shamnad Basheer memorial lecture, titled Making Disability Rights Real, demands for reasonable accommodation are often viewed with contempt and derision. In his judgments on disability rights, Justice Chandrachud’s recognition of the harsh …

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Hijaab: Let the liberty of individual conscience prevail
2 years, 2 months ago

Hijaab: Let the liberty of individual conscience prevail

Live Mint  

In Karnataka, Sikh boys can wear turbans, Hindu boys can wear the sacred thread or a rudraksh, girls can wear mangalsutras and bindis, but Muslim girls cannot wear a hijaab to school, for it is banned by a policy that governs uniforms. Should the religious and conscience rights under the Indian Constitution extend to reasonable accommodation in secular matters on …

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Supreme Court To Join NJDG Soon, Judgments Will Be Available In Free Text Search Portal With Accessibility Features : Justice Chandrachud
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court To Join NJDG Soon, Judgments Will Be Available In Free Text Search Portal With Accessibility Features : Justice Chandrachud

Live Law  

Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud on Saturday said that the Supreme Court will join the National Judicial Data Grid in the near future and that it will result in all the decisions of the Supreme Court being available in a free text search portal. Delivering the lecture on the topic "Making Disability Rights Real: Addressing accessibility and more", Justice …

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'Will right to dress also mean right to undress?' asks Supreme Court in hijab case hearing
2 years, 3 months ago

'Will right to dress also mean right to undress?' asks Supreme Court in hijab case hearing

Firstpost  

The SC was hearing arguments by the lawyer for one of the petitioners challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict declining to lift the state government’s ban on hijab in educational institutions of the state New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked whether right to dress will also mean right to undress after a submission was made in the Karnataka …

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Hijab Case| Secularism Doesn't Mean Students Of Only One Faith Won't Display Religion : Devadatt Kamat Before Supreme Court [Day 2]
2 years, 3 months ago

Hijab Case| Secularism Doesn't Mean Students Of Only One Faith Won't Display Religion : Devadatt Kamat Before Supreme Court [Day 2]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, continued hearing the batch of petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court's judgment which upheld the ban on wearing of Hijab by Muslim girl students in some schools and colleges in the State. Senior Advocate Devadatt Kamat appearing for the Petitioners argued that the Government Order is not "innocuous", as argued by the State, but violates …

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VIDHI centre for legal policy, Report Launch, Beyond Reasonable Accommodation, Persons with Disabilities
2 years, 8 months ago

VIDHI centre for legal policy, Report Launch, Beyond Reasonable Accommodation, Persons with Disabilities

Live Law  

Join Vidhi Karnataka for an in-person launch event of the report 'Beyond Reasonable Accommodation: Making Karnataka's Cities Accessible by Design to Persons with Disabilities.' Urban planning processes have often failed to account for the needs of marginalised groups, such as persons with disabilities, the elderly, and women among other vulnerable groups which makes cities inaccessible to them. 'Beyond Reasonable Accommodation' …

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Explained | Did the Karnataka High Court’s hijab verdict overlook ‘reasonable accommodation’?
2 years, 9 months ago

Explained | Did the Karnataka High Court’s hijab verdict overlook ‘reasonable accommodation’?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Karnataka High Court has ruled in favour of the State’s circular that students in educational institutions should only wear prescribed uniforms, and where no code was prescribed, they should wear “such attire that would accord with equality and integrity and would not disrupt public order”. ‘Reasonable accommodation’ is a principle that promotes equality, enables the …

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Puzzling To Say Hijab Is Inconsistent With Freedom : Professor Farrah Ahmed On Karnataka High Court's Judgment
2 years, 9 months ago

Puzzling To Say Hijab Is Inconsistent With Freedom : Professor Farrah Ahmed On Karnataka High Court's Judgment

Live Law  

It is very puzzling to hold that wearing of hijab is inconsistent with freedom, said Ms.Farrah Ahmed, Professor in Melbourne Law School, Australia, while speaking at an online discussion on the Karnataka High Court's judgment in the hijab case. And one subtext that comes through in this judgment comes through towards the end when the court cites an Ambedkar line- …

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How Supreme Court Protected Rights Of Disabled In 2021
2 years, 11 months ago

How Supreme Court Protected Rights Of Disabled In 2021

Live Law  

As per the Census of 2011 there are 2.68 crore persons with disabilities in India who constitute 2.21 percent of population out of which 1.50 crore are male and 1.18 crore are female.In our country, persons with disabilities constitute a minority group who live in an extremely vulnerable and disadvantaged political, social and economic environment. SC Judgment Which Excluded Persons …

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Colour blind student challenges admission denial by FTII, SC says panel to review criteria
3 years ago

Colour blind student challenges admission denial by FTII, SC says panel to review criteria

Hindustan Times  

Christopher Nolan, the man behind several Hollywood blockbusters such as The Dark Knight, Inception, Memento and Interstellar, is a role model for Patna-based Ashutosh Kumar. SC has decided to review of FTII’s admission criteria with respect to colour blind candidates, especially after taking into account the advancement in technology as well as medical science. Moved by Kumar’s passion for filmmaking …

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State says disabled not entitled to reasonable accommodation
3 years, 1 month ago

State says disabled not entitled to reasonable accommodation

Associated Press  

— A Delaware judge is weighing whether a medical facility violated the state’s equal accommodation law by refusing to complete a sports physical for a boy with Down syndrome who wanted to compete in Special Olympics. The judge heard arguments Thursday in an appeal filed by the boy’s parents after the State Human Relations Commission determined that businesses do not …

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Chamoli Disaster: Uttarakhand High Court Directs DM To Ensure Food, Medicine & Accommodation For Affected Families On War Footing
3 years, 4 months ago

Chamoli Disaster: Uttarakhand High Court Directs DM To Ensure Food, Medicine & Accommodation For Affected Families On War Footing

Live Law  

The Uttarakhand High Court has directed the District Magistrate, Chamoli, to ensure that requisite food, medicines, reasonable accommodation and medical attention, are provided to the families who have lost their bread earner in the Chamoli Glacier Disaster.A glacial outbreak in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand on February 7, 2021, caused massive damage to life and property. The Uttarakhand High Court …

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The last straw is being further disabled
4 years ago

The last straw is being further disabled

The Hindu  

There has been much outrage expressed over the denial of a sipper and straw to Father Stan Swamy. If Father Swamy’s allegations are true, the above events, apart from demonstrating the insensitivity of legal procedure, outline another fundamental issue — that of the rights of prisoners with disabilities. Rights upheld by laws Under international law, the UN Convention on the …

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