W.A.Nos.301, 435 and 436 of 2025
3 Mar 2025...
Search Results for "disability discrimination"
188 result(s) found
Found 188 result(s)
High Court
Madras High Court Reserves Judgment on Writ Appeals Against Order Quashing Charge Memo and Directing Lighter Duty for Disabled Police Employee. Single Judge Had Quashed Charge Memo and Directed Consideration of Lighter Post Due to 40% Disability Under Clause 15 of Letters Patent.
19 Feb 2025These two intra-court writ appeals were filed by the State police authorities (Director General of Police, Commissioner of Police, and Deputy Commissi...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Allows Tenant's Petition in Tenancy Purchase Dispute — Filing of Section 32G Proceedings Constitutes Sufficient Intimation Under Section 32F of Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948. Tenant's Right to Purchase Land Not Defeated by Delay Where Landlord Failed to Inform Tenant of Attaining Majority.
18 Feb 2025The case involves a dispute over agricultural land in Village Devarashtra, Taluka Khanapur, District Sangli, owned originally by Shankar Govind Kurlek...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Dismisses Challenge to Attempt Limit for PwBD Candidates in Civil Services Examination. Classification Between SC/ST and OBC/General PwBD Candidates Held Reasonable Under Article 14.
4 Feb 2025The petitioner, Dharmendra Kumar, a person with 57% multiple disability (locomotor and low vision), challenged Rule 3 of the Civil Services Examinatio...
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court Upholds High Court's Quashing of Land Allotment Policy for Cooperative Societies in Andhra Pradesh — Violation of Article 14 and Lack of Transparency. Preferential allotment of government land at basic rates to MPs, MLAs, Judges, AIS officers, and journalists held arbitrary and unconstitutional.
13 Dec 2024The case involves cross appeals against a Division Bench judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court dated 05.01.2010, which partly allowed writ petitio...
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High Court
High Court of Karnataka Directs BMTC to Resume Audio Announcement System in Buses for Persons with Disabilities — Right to Accessibility Under Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 Upheld. The court held that discontinuation of audio announcements violates the right to accessibility of persons with disabilities under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, and issued a writ of mandamus for resumption.
15 Nov 2024The present public interest petition was filed by N Shreyas, a visually impaired individual, and Shreyas Global Trust for Social Cause, seeking a writ...
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High Court
High Court of Karnataka Directs BMTC to Resume Audio Announcement System in Buses for Persons with Disabilities — Right to Accessibility Under Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 Upheld. Court holds that audio announcements are essential for visually impaired and other disabled persons to access public transport, and their discontinuance violates statutory rights.
15 Nov 2024The present public interest petition was filed by N Shreyas, a visually impaired individual, and Shreyas Global Trust for Social Cause, seeking a writ...
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court Upholds Section 18A of SC/ST Act Against Challenge of Unconstitutionality — Amendment Restores Pre-Dr. Subhash Kashinath Position After Review
10 Feb 2020The petitioners challenged the constitutional validity of Section 18A of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 198...
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Jeevan Aadhar Policy Condition That Annuity Payable Only After Death of Proposer Under Section 80DD Income Tax Act. Court Holds That Policy Terms Align with Statutory Scheme and No Violation of Article 14.
3 Jan 2019The petitioner, Ravi Agrawal, a differently abled person, filed a Public Interest Litigation under Article 32 of the Constitution challenging the cond...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition of Visually Impaired Peon Against Termination Due to 100% Disability. Holds That 40% Minimum Disability Requirement Under Advertisement Cannot Override Statutory Provisions of Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995.
25 Aug 2014The petitioner, Patel Suleman Gaibi, who is 100% visually disabled, applied for the post of peon in the Irrigation Department of the State of Maharash...
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