Supreme Court Directs Union of India to Recalculate Backlog Vacancies for Visually Impaired Candidate Under Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 — Failure to Implement Reservation Since 1996 Leads to Continued Litigation. The Court held that in the absence of a notification under proviso to Section 33 excluding certain services from reservation, visually impaired candidates are entitled to reservation in those services, and interchange under Section 36 must be considered to accommodate backlog vacancies.
8 Jul 2024The respondent no.1, a 100% visually impaired individual, appeared in the Civil Services Examination, 2008 (CSE-2008) and gave preferences for IAS, IR...
