Source: Newz Hook "Regressive." "Disgusting."
Those are the words being used to describe the Supreme Court judgement upholding a 50% disability limit in hearing and vision disability for the post of a judicial officer. The ruling was given by a two-member bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice K M Joseph while hearing an appeal from a petitioner who was held ineligible for the post of a civil judge because of a 70% disability. The bench ruled, "A judicial officer in a State has to possess reasonable limit of the faculties of hearing, sight and speech in order to hear cases and write judgments and, therefore, stipulating a limit of 50% disability in hearing impairment or visual impairment as a condition to be eligible for the post is a legitimate restriction i.e. fair, logical and reasonable." Disability rights advocate Nipun Malhotra says he will challenge the ruling. Read in detail: https://newzhook.com/story/21160 Regards Ramya Venkitesh BarrierBreak Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
