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The petitioner, Siddhartha Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, had a registration certificate under Sections 52(2) and 52(3) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 to run a Matimand school, which was revoked by the Commissioner on 22 May 2019. An appeal under Section 54 of the same Act before …
The petitioner, Siddharatha Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, had a registration certificate under Sections 52(2) and 52(3) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 to run a deaf‑and‑dumb school, which was revoked by the Commissioner on 20 May 2019. The petitioner appealed the revocation under …
The petitioner, Siddhartha Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, had a registration certificate under Sections 52(2) and 52(3) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 to run a Matimand school, which was revoked by the Commissioner on 27 May 2019. The petitioner appealed the revocation under Section …
The High Court considered a bail application filed by Tukaram Narayan Kini, who was arrested for alleged sexual assault of a 13‑year‑old deaf‑and‑dumb girl in Latur. The prosecution presented the victim’s recorded statement, an injury certificate, a disability certificate, and corroborative …
The applicants, brothers Sakharam and Tukaram Shinde, sought quashment of an FIR and pending criminal case arising from a land‑partition dispute with the complainant, Sanjay Shinde, who alleged assault on him despite his disability. The court noted an unexplained delay of over a year in filing the …
The petitioner, a student with a certified specific learning disability (dyslexia with dysgraphia) and a Unique Disability Identity card, applied for direct second‑year admission to engineering courses. He initially omitted his PwD details on the online application but corrected them within the …
The petitioner, a Class‑IV employee in a government medical college, challenged an undated disability certificate issued in 2018 that reduced his disability percentage from 45% to 35% and sought its quash. He argued that the re‑verification of his 2005 certificate violated the 2009 circular and 2012 …
The petitioner, an intellectually disabled individual certified at 55% disability, challenged the requirement of a minimum SSC (10th standard) qualification for a Class IV post advertised by the Maharashtra Government. He argued that this educational prerequisite was arbitrary and contravened the …
Subhash Mahadev Naik filed a writ petition seeking the release of his gratuity and pension from Sindhudurg Zilla Parishad, challenging an order dated 30‑06‑1999 that had quashed his retirement benefits. The Court examined the legality of that impugned order and the petitioner’s entitlement under …
The petitioner, a 33‑year‑old married woman, filed a writ petition seeking a medical termination of her 13‑week pregnancy under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, alleging severe mental trauma caused by her husband's concealment of a prior marriage. She claimed that the deception …
The High Court considered a bail application under Section 439 of the CrPC filed by Pintoo Sarju Gautam, accused of offences including murder, kidnapping, and sexual assault against a 16‑year‑old deaf boy. The prosecution’s case relied solely on a “last seen” theory, with no direct or circumstantial …
Sarita Pandey, appointed on a one‑year contractual basis in 2010 as District Social Audit Coordinator, continued in the post for about 15 years and later developed visual impairment. After the contract expired on 01‑04‑2026, the authorities did not grant her an extension, unlike similarly situated …
Md. Sarwar Ali, an orthopedically handicapped candidate with 60% disability, applied for the post of Trade Instructor under the handicapped quota in the Bihar Technical Service Commission's advertisement No. 50/2023. He was not selected because his marks (30.7144) were below the cut‑off (35.2400) …
The petitioner, a physically handicapped candidate, applied for the post of Junior Engineer under the 40 % disability reservation in the Bihar Technical Service Commission’s 2019 recruitment. He claimed a 42 % disability as per his certificate, but the Commission’s medical board assessed his …
The petitioner, a Scientific Officer/D at the Narora Atomic Power Station, suffers from chronic liver disease and sought a transfer from Bulandshahr to the QA Office in Noida to facilitate easier access to medical treatment. The employer rejected the request, stating that the Noida post is …
Dr. Chinmay Prakash filed earlier writ petitions which were withdrawn with liberty to approach the concerned authority. He subsequently filed the present petition seeking strict implementation of Section 34 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, relying on a representation made to the …
A batch of disabled‑quota candidates domiciled in Bihar applied for teacher posts under Advertisement No. 22/2024 and were denied the 4 % horizontal reservation, which was instead granted to similarly disabled candidates from outside Bihar. The petitioners sought a writ to quash the result and to …
The appellant, Sujata Bora, applied for a Management Trainee position at Coal India Limited (CIL) in 2019 under the Visually Handicapped category and qualified for the interview. She was later declared unfit during the Initial Medical Examination because she also had residuary partial hemiparesis, …
Mission Accessibility, a disability‑rights organization, filed a writ petition seeking modification of the scribe‑registration timeline for the Civil Services Examination and the introduction of laptops with screen‑reader software and accessible digital question papers for visually‑impaired …
The petitioners, a charitable trust and an individual, sought enforcement of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016 to improve conditions in state‑run care homes for persons with cognitive disabilities, citing overcrowding, inadequate health care, abuse and lack of education. The …
The petitioner, Vasanta Sampat Dupare, was convicted of rape and murder of a four‑year‑old girl and sentenced to death, a sentence that was affirmed on appeal, reviewed, and followed by rejected mercy petitions. He filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking a fresh sentencing hearing in …
L. Muruganantham, a person with Becker Muscular Dystrophy and autism, was arrested on a false complaint and detained in Central Prison, Coimbatore. He alleged that the prison failed to provide adequate medical care, nutrition, and disability‑friendly facilities, leading to a deterioration of his …
The appellant, a Scheduled Caste candidate with benchmark disabilities, secured a high rank in the NEET‑UG 2024 examination and applied for admission to the MBBS UG course at AIIMS, New Delhi under the SC‑PwBD quota. The Vardhman Mahavir Medical College’s disability certification board deemed him …
The petitioners, including acid‑attack survivors with facial disfigurements and a blind individual, challenged the mandatory digital KYC/e‑KYC/video‑KYC procedures for being inaccessible and discriminatory. They argued that requirements such as capturing a live photograph and performing a liveness …
The appellant, a permanently locomotor‑disabled electrician employed by Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board since 1985, was scheduled to retire on 30 September 2018 at age 58. An Office Memorandum dated 29 March 2013 had extended the superannuation age to 60 years for physically disabled …
The Supreme Court examined whether visually impaired candidates are suitable for judicial service and whether recent amendments to the Madhya Pradesh Judicial Service Rules (Rule 6A and the proviso to Rule 7) violated constitutional equality and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. The …
Anmol, a candidate with 58% multiple disabilities, secured a rank of 2462 in the NEET‑UG 2024 PwD category but was denied admission to an MBBS course by the Disability Assessment Board, which relied solely on quantified disability and the "both hands intact" clause in Appendix H‑1 of the 2019 NMC …
The petitioner, a 25% permanently disabled candidate with focal hand dystonia, sought a scribe, compensatory time and other accommodations for various recruitment examinations, arguing that the Office Memorandum dated 10.08.2022 limited such facilities to only Persons with Benchmark Disabilities …
The petition was filed by Rajive Raturi, a visually‑challenged activist, seeking directions to ensure meaningful access to public spaces for persons with disabilities under the RPWD Act. The Supreme Court had earlier issued eleven action points in 2017, but States and Union Territories showed slow …
The appellant, Om Rathod, a student with lower‑limb myopathy, secured a high All‑India PwD rank in the NEET‑UG 2024 exam but was declared ineligible for MBBS admission by the AIIMS‑Nagpur Medical Board, which assessed his disability at 88%—above the 80% ceiling in the RPWD guidelines. The High Court …
The appellant, a candidate with a 44%/45% speech and language disability, qualified the NEET‑UG 2024 and applied for MBBS admission under the PwD quota. The Designated Disability Certification Centre declared him ineligible based on Appendix H‑1 of the 2019 MCI/NMC regulations, which barred persons …
The Rajasthan High Court advertised 120 vacancies for Civil Judges and published cut‑off marks for each category except the Persons with benchmark disabilities. Appellants Rekha Sharma (40% visual disability) and Ratan Lal (55% locomotor disability) applied under the disabled category, appeared for …
Ravi Agrawal filed a writ petition seeking retrospective application of the Finance Act, 2022 amendment to section 80DD of the Income Tax Act, which allows a subscriber to discontinue payments to a Jeevan Adhar scheme upon attaining the age of 60 and to use the accumulated benefit. He argued that …
The appellant, a person with arthrogryposis, challenged the portrayal of persons with disabilities in the film ‘Aankh Micholi’, alleging violations of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act) and the Cinematograph Act, 1952. He sought the inclusion of disability experts on the …
The appellant, a qualified electrical engineering graduate, was selected for the post of Assistant Engineer (Electrical) with Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) but was denied appointment after a medical examination revealed mild colour‑vision deficiency. The High Court …
The petitioner, a 27‑year‑old mother of two, filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking a medical termination of her pregnancy after discovering she was about 24 weeks pregnant, citing postpartum depression and financial constraints. The Court initially ordered termination, but a doctor from the …
A.K. Nair, a Reserve Bank of India employee with 50% post‑polio disability, failed to obtain the required 95 marks in the 2003 All India Merit Test for promotion to Assistant Manager by three marks. He sought condonation of the shortfall and reservation in promotion under the Persons with …
The petitioner, a disability‑rights activist, challenged the conditions imposed by the Consortium of National Law Universities for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2023, specifically the rules governing the use of scribes for persons with disabilities (PwD). He argued that the late issuance of …
The appellant, an unmarried woman in a consensual relationship, sought to terminate a 22‑week pregnancy under Section 3(2)(b) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act and Rule 3B of the MTP Rules. The Delhi High Court held that Rule 3B applied only to married women and denied the relief, …
The petitioner, an unmarried woman residing in Delhi, discovered she was 22 weeks pregnant after a consensual relationship ended and she lacked livelihood to raise a child. She filed a writ petition seeking permission to terminate the pregnancy under Section 3(2)(b) of the Medical Termination of …
NIMS University and other petitioners filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking a reduction in the eligibility percentile for admission to NEET Super Specialty courses and a mop‑up counselling round to fill 940 vacant seats. The Union of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and other …
The petitioners, inspectors under the Central Excise and Customs cadre, challenged a circular dated 20 September 2018 that barred Inter‑Commissionerate Transfers (ICTs) after the 2016 Recruitment Rules came into force, alleging violations of Articles 14, 15, 16 and 21 of the Constitution and the …
The appellant, an Assistant Commandant in the CRPF, was subjected to multiple disciplinary enquiries after a complaint alleged that he made threatening statements and exhibited misconduct. He was later diagnosed with a permanent mental disability (40‑70%) and classified as unfit for duty. The …
The appellant, a student with dysgraphia (a specified disability of 40 % under the RPwD Act), appeared for the NEET (UG) 2021 and was denied the one‑hour compensatory time mandated for persons with disability. The designated examination centre collected her answer sheet after the regular three‑hour …
The petitioners, teachers with B.Ed. (Special) and D.Ed. (Special) qualifications, sought a mandamus directing the Union and State governments to appoint regular special teachers for children with special needs (CwSN) in accordance with a 1:5 pupil‑teacher ratio. The Court examined the interplay of …
The State of Kerala appointed Leesamma Joseph on compassionate grounds despite her 55% locomotor disability and later denied her promotion benefits under the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995. The respondent claimed that sections 32, 33 and 47 of the 1995 Act guarantee reservation in promotion for …
The petitioners, who had taken their last permissible attempt at the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2020, claimed that the Covid‑19 pandemic prevented them from effectively preparing and therefore sought a mandamus directing the Union of India to grant them an additional attempt. The …
The appellant, a medical graduate suffering from writer's cramp (dysgraphia), applied for a scribe in the 2018 Civil Services Examination (CSE) but was denied because the UPSC said only candidates with benchmark disabilities (≥40% impairment) were eligible. The appellant challenged the denial before …
The appellant, a seaman, was engaged on a foreign‑going vessel from 18 September 2009 to 18 June 2010 and was subsequently declared permanently unfit for sea service due to dilated cardiomyopathy. He claimed 100% disability compensation under clause 21 of the National Maritime Board Agreement, …
The appellant, a practicing advocate, applied for the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) under the partially blind category, submitting a disability certificate showing 70% visual impairment. The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPC) had issued a notification, based on a State Government …
Pankaj Sinha filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking comprehensive measures for leprosy‑affected persons, including periodic national surveys, free multi‑drug therapy, awareness campaigns, non‑discriminatory treatment, education, rehabilitation and disability certification. The Court examined …
The Tamil Nadu Medical Officers’ Association challenged the amendment to Regulation 9(4) and (8) of the Post‑Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000, which allowed reservation of 50% of state‑quota seats for in‑service medical officers. The petitioners argued that such reservation exceeded the …
Shyam Narayan Chouksey filed a writ petition under Article 32 seeking directions to ensure public respect for the National Anthem, including a mandatory requirement that all cinema halls play the anthem before feature films and that audiences stand. The Supreme Court’s interim order of 30 November …
The petition, filed by a visually disabled individual, sought comprehensive accessibility measures for roads, transport, public buildings, airports, railways, websites and other public facilities. The Court held that the right to accessibility for persons with disabilities is a constitutional right …
The Supreme Court heard a public‑interest writ filed by Disabled Rights Group seeking enforcement of reservation, accessibility and teaching‑facility provisions for persons with disabilities in higher education. The petitioners argued that institutions were not complying with the 3% reservation …
The appeal concerned the interpretation of Section 2(d) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, where the appellant, a mentally retarded adult, argued that "age" should include mental age so that she could be treated as a child. The Court examined the POCSO Act's …
The petitioners sought directions for the Union, State Governments and Union Territories to comply with the Supreme Court's earlier orders on the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995, noting that the Act had been repealed and replaced by the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. The Court …
