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Topic: Persons with Disabilities

When DY Chandrachud was told his daughter wouldn’t survive—‘you never give up hope’

The launch of Tarini Mohan’s memoir Lifequake was a tribute to the author’s resilience, who had slipped into a coma and lost function in her right hand after a road accident.

Delhi HC seeks Centre’s response as plea questions exclusion of visually impaired from vehicle GST relief

Currently, this benefit is only extended to persons with orthopaedic physical disabilities having a benchmark disability of 40 percent or more.

How a disabled lawyer’s 2020 jail ordeal led to SC directing TN to uphold rights of prisoners like him

The judgment followed a plea by a lawyer suffering from Becker Muscular Dystrophy, who said the prison lacked disabled-friendly facilities & that officials were insensitive, ill-informed.

For the visually impaired, entering medical and legal fields in India is like navigating a maze

ThePrint looks at the case of visually impaired judicial candidate Sravya Sindhuri & speaks with Satendra Singh & Prannv Dhawan who are at forefront of fight for equal opportunity.

Reasonable accommodation not charity but fundamental right, SC rules, grants MBBS seat to disabled aspirant

Top court further instructs National Medical Commission to revise its guidelines for ensuring that no deserving candidate in PwBD category is denied admission to MBBS course.

‘This kind of freedom, we will curtail’—SC summons Samay Raina, 4 others over disability jokes

Concerned over jokes on social media ridiculing people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, SC says it may direct the government to frame guidelines for all media platforms. 

DPDP Act offers no special protection for disability data. It leaves PwDs vulnerable

The crux of the problem lies in equating disability with the inability to consent. This is an erroneous assumption.

Ex-CJI Chandrachud’s house hunt lays bare India’s disability blind spot

The 50th CJI recalled the experience while speaking on disability rights at an event organised by non-profit Mission Accessibility.

SC order on accessibility for disabled persons presents an opportunity for universities

By directing the Union to establish mandatory accessibility standards, the Supreme Court elevated accessibility from an aspiration to a constitutional imperative.

SC orders separate toilets for men, women, people with disabilities & trans people in courts, tribunals

‘Absence of adequate washroom facilities undermines equality & poses a barrier to fair administration of justice,’ the court ruled Wednesday.

On Camera

India sees the value of US defence ties, but MAGA-style tariffs threaten long-term stability

India’s strategic decisions suggest a pragmatic reading of the US' duality. While defence cooperation with the US has accelerated, India continues to diversify its military suppliers.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.