As far as I know, According to Advocate act 1961 to argue his or her case, a person should at least have a LL.B. digree. Sorry if its wrong.
On 7/8/10, Subramani L <lsubram...@deccanherald.co.in> wrote: > Pardon my ignorance... How easy/difficult for an individual to argue his > own cse? > > Subramani > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in > [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of pradeep > banakar > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 10:07 AM > To: accessindia > Subject: [AI] Appoint visually handicapped person who cleared IAS exam' > > Appoint visually handicapped person who cleared IAS exam' > J. Venkatesan > http://thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article505093.ece > New Delhi, July 8, 2010 > The Supreme Court on Wednesday came to the rescue of a visually > handicapped person who cleared the 2006 Civil Services examination and > the interview but was denied employment. > > It directed the Government of India to appoint him under the > provisions of Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, > Protection, Rights and Full Participation) Act. > > A Bench consisting of Justices Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph > rejected the Centre's contention that since posts for the visually > handicapped had not been identified, no appointment could be provided > to respondent Ravi Prakash Gupta. Mr. Gupta, who is 100 per cent > blind, himself argued the case. > > Writing the judgment, Justice Kabir said the fact that the respondent > was eligible for appointment in the civil services after having been > declared successful and placed at Serial No. 5 in the Disabled > Category of the visually impaired candidates could not be denied. > > The Centre's contention on implementation of the provisions of Section > 33 of the Disabilities Act only after identification of posts suitable > for such appointment "runs counter to the legislative intent with > which the Act was enacted." > > The Bench said that "to accept such a submission would amount to > accepting a situation where the provisions of Section 33 of the Act > could be kept deferred indefinitely by bureaucratic inaction. As has > been pointed out by the High Court, neither Section 32 nor Section 33 > makes any distinction with regard to Grade 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'D' > posts. > > They only speak of identification and reservation of posts for people > with disabilities, though the proviso to Section 33 does empower the > appropriate government to exempt any establishment from the provision > of the said Section, having regard to the type of work carried on in > any department or establishment." > > The judges said, "The Legislature never intended the provisions of > Section 32 of the Act to be used as a tool to deny the benefits of > Section 33 to these categories of disabled persons indicated therein." > > In the instant case, the Delhi High Court set aside the orders of the > Central Administrative Tribunal rejecting the relief sought for by Mr. > Gupta. It directed the Centre to grant him appointment as there was > sufficient number of vacancies in which he could be appointed. The > present appeal by the Centre is directed against this order. > > The Supreme Court Bench, while declining to interfere with the High > Court order, granted the Centre eight weeks for complying with the > directions. > > Disapproving of the Centre's stand, the Bench imposed Rs.20,000 costs > on it to be paid in four weeks. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > Bench asks government to give him job under the Disabilities Act > Rejects Centre's contention that Act could be implemented only after > identification of posts > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with > disability bill at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm > > 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.i > n > > Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with > disability bill at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm > > 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 > Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm 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
