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Bombay High Court Quashes Rejection of Candidature for Seasonal Spraying Field Worker Post; Holds Petitioner Entitled to Reservation under Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. The Court Ruled that Temporary Disability Certificate Did Not Disqualify from Reservation Given Benchmark Disability Existed and Vacancy Remained Unfilled under Section 34(2).

22 Jul 2026

The petitioner, a 25-year-old qualified individual with low vision, challenged the rejection of his candidature for the post of Seasonal Spraying Fiel...

Supreme Court

Visually Disabled Candidate Denied Job Gets Relief: Supreme Court Orders Appointment in Coal India Case (2026 INSC 53) Procedural technicalities like “expiry of recruitment panel” cannot defeat justice.

13 Jan 2026

Sujata Bora, a visually impaired candidate, applied for a Management Trainee post in Coal India in 2019 under the disability quota. She cleared the se...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Upholds Reinstatement of Medically Invalidated CRPF Constable in Service Law Case — Employer Must Consider Alternative Employment Before Medical Invalidation. Medical Invalidation Without Exploring Alternative Post Violates Right to Livelihood Under Article 21 of Constitution.

1 Jan 2026

The case involves an appeal by the Union of India and CRPF officers against the High Court of Himachal Pradesh's order reinstating a constable (driver...

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Bombay High Court Hears Writ Petition by Visually Impaired Candidate Seeking Correction of Recruitment Preference in Maharashtra Subordinate Services Examination. Petitioner, a 100% blind candidate, inadvertently selected 'no preference' for appointing authority due to disability, and requested correction after clearing both preliminary and mains examinations.

8 Apr 2025

The petitioner, a 41-year-old woman with 100% permanent visual impairment, applied for the post of Clerk-Typist (Marathi-English)-2023 under the Perso...

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Supreme Court Allows PIL Seeking Scribe Facility for Person with Disability Without Benchmark Disability — Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. Benchmark Disability Not a Precondition for Reasonable Accommodation in Examinations Under Sections 2(s), 2(t), 3, 16, 17, 20 of RPwD Act, 2016.

10 Feb 2025

The petitioner, Gulshan Kumar, a person with 25% permanent disability due to Focal Hand Dystonia (Writer's Cramp), filed a Public Interest Litigation ...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Validates Sub-Classification of Scheduled Castes in Landmark Judgment. Upholding Equality Within Equality: Supreme Court Endorses State's Power to Sub-Classify Scheduled Castes for Targeted Reservation.

1 Aug 2024

The Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling, has upheld the constitutionality of sub-classifying Scheduled Castes for the purpose of reservati...

High Court

Bombay High Court Allows Visually Impaired Student to Pursue Physiotherapy — Strikes Down Blanket Ban as Unconstitutional. The court held that a complete prohibition on persons with visual impairment from studying or practicing physiotherapy violates Article 14 and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, and directed individual assessment.

20 Jun 2023

The petitioner, Zill Suresh Jain, a student aged 18 years, suffers from low vision with a 40% visual impairment. She completed her SSC in March 2020 a...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Enhances Compensation for Amputation Victim in Motor Accident Case — Functional Disability Assessed at 70% for Self-Employed Scrap Dealer. The Court held that the High Court erred in assessing functional disability at 35% and in denying future prospects, and enhanced compensation under various heads including cost of artificial limb and pain and suffering.

9 Dec 2022

The appellant, a scrap dealer aged 37, suffered amputation of his right leg below the knee and other injuries in a bus accident caused by the responde...

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Accused in SC & ST Act and IPC Rape Case Involving Blind Scheduled Caste Victim. The Court affirmed that the offence under Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 was committed 'on the ground' of caste due to the victim's vulnerability from blindness and Scheduled Caste status, and the rape under Section 376(1) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 was proven beyond reasonable doubt.

27 Apr 2021

The appeal arose from a judgment of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh dated 3 August 2019, which affirmed the conviction of the appellant for offences ...

High Court

High Court of Karnataka Upholds CAT Order Directing Consideration of Disabled Candidate for Civil Services — Failure to Provide Scribe for Written Examination Violates Rights Under Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995. The court held that the denial of a scribe to a visually impaired candidate amounts to discrimination and violates Section 39 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.

27 Oct 2014

The Union of India filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India challenging an order dated 12.12.2013 passed by the C...

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