Madras HC installs Braille printer to provide judgment copies to the visually challenged The first Division Bench had also insisted upon appointing interpreters proficient in interacting with those with speech and hearing difficulties.
The Madras High Court has installed a Braille printer at its principal seat in Chennai for providing judgment and order copies to visually challenged lawyers and litigants. Issuing a notification on instructions from Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee, Registrar General P. Dhanapal said the printer would be put to use from Monday. The notification states that the facility had been created to facilitate access to justice and to comply with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act of 2016. Passing interim orders on a case filed by advocate L. Muruganantham, the court had in April 2017 impressed upon making its campus more disabled friendly. The then first Division Bench of Chief Justice Indira Banerjee (now a Supreme Court judge) and Justice M. Sundar wanted to go beyond providing ramps. The judges wanted courts to be provided with Braille printers so that all necessary documents could be provided in readable format to the visually challenged. The Bench had also insisted upon appointing interpreters proficient in interacting with those with speech and hearing difficulties. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/madras-hc-installs-braille-printer-to-provide-judgement-copies-to-the-visually-challenged/article37484692.ece -- 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.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CALLUjUa-BRk-xti9KX5zSPqR00LtJ7zJJkcacYvP2_GMeJMYcQ%40mail.gmail.com.
