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Who cares for the caregiver?
October 08, 2025 5:52 pm
Recognising care as a constitutional right requires recognising caregivers as rights-holders, not merely as family members performing expected duties
Private schools can’t deny admission to children with disability. They are legally bound to admit them
August 08, 2025 4:41 pm
Failure to comply can lead to consequences such as fines, loss of recognition of the school and judicial directions to comply with the law.
In Supreme Court's ruling on disabled advocate, a positive verdict in problematic language
November 28, 2022 8:52 am
The Supreme Court’s admission that practising law as a disabled person is extraordinarily difficult in India should prompt course-correction. The Court should use these observations to reflect on what it has done of late to make its infrastructure (physical and digital) more disabled friendly.
New report highlights major gaps in access experienced by people with deafblindness
August 19, 2020 5:37 pm
Deafblind individuals are clubbed with persons with multiple disabilities, which leads to the lacuna, the report highlighted
After uproar, govt withdraws proposal to ‘dilute’ disabilities Act
July 10, 2020 12:50 am
As many as 125 signatories and disability activists and groups from across the country had written to the Ministry protesting the proposal.
Borders For Doctors
July 30, 2018 12:07 am
Medical Council of India guidelines are unfair to people with disabilities.
States told to implement disabilities act in letter and spirit
May 17, 2017 7:02 pm
Inaugurating the 15th National Review Meeting of the State Commissioners for Persons with Disabilities Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot urged states to effectively implement the recently passed act.
High Court lifts stay, nursery admission to resume
April 04, 2014 12:44 am
The decision was announced after a nearly five-hour long hearing, which saw vociferous arguments from a large number of parents present in the court.
High Court orders disability quota in judiciary recruitments
March 26, 2014 1:08 am
Examination for recruitment to Delhi Higher Judiciary Services is scheduled to be held on April 6
No casual vacancies
October 10, 2013 4:50 am
Supreme Court creatively interprets a statute to expand quotas for the disabled.
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