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Make NALSAR more accessible to Disabled Persons: Supreme Court Directs Center

Brief Summary:

  • Background: Writ petition was filed by Rajive Raturi, a person with disability, seeking directions from the Supreme Court of India to ensure accessibility and inclusion for persons with disabilities in various spheres of life.
  • Issues: The petition raises several issues related to the rights and welfare of persons with disabilities, such as the implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016, the provision of reasonable accommodation, the availability of assistive devices and technologies, the accessibility of public buildings and transport, the reservation of jobs and educational opportunities, and the participation in sports and cultural activities.
  • Order: In its order, the Hon’ble Supreme Court on 12 January 2024, allows the request of Professor Amita Dhanda, Head of the Centre for Disability Studies at NALSAR University of Law, to reimburse the expenses incurred by her in submitting a report on the status of implementation of the Court’s directions. The Court also directs the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to bear the expenses and to cooperate with the Centre for Disability Studies.

 

Citation:

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).243/2005 {RAJIVE RATURI VS. UNION OF INDIA & ORS.}

 

Judgment Text:

ITEM NO.30                COURT NO.1                          SECTION PIL-W

 

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).243/2005

 

RAJIVE RATURI                                 Petitioner(s)

 

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.                            Respondent(s)

([FOR DIRECTION] [ALONGWITH E-MAIL DATED 29-11-2023]

(WITH IA No. 96423/2018 – I/A FOR FILING STATUS REPORT CUM ACTION TAKEN REPORT – PER BY CM, IA No. 89088/2018 – INTERVENTION APPLICATION, IA No. 96163/2018 – INTERVENTION/IMPLEADMENT)

 

Date : 12-01-2024 This petition was called on for hearing today.

 

CORAM :

HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.B. PARDIWALA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ MISRA

For Petitioner(s)   Ms. Mugdha, Adv.

Mr. Satya Mitra, AOR Mr. Kamrna Khwaja, Adv.

For Respondent(s)   Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, A.S.G.

Mr. S.W.A Qadri, Sr. Adv. Mr. Siddharth Sinha, Adv. Mrs. Sunita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Mr. R.R Rajesh, Adv.

Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR

Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv.

Mr. Abraham Mathew, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.

Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Manendra Pal Gupta, Adv. Mr. Varun Varma, Adv.

Mr. M. Bangaraswamy, Adv.

Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR

Mr. Kumarpal R Chopra,, Adv. Mr. Arijit Dey, Adv.

Ms. Atiga Singh, Adv.

Ms. Apurva Sachdev, Adv.

Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.

Mr. M. T. George, AOR Mr. V. K. Verma, AOR

Mr. Chanchal Kumar Ganguli, AOR Mrs. Niranjana Singh, AOR

Mr. Raj Singh Rana, AOR

Mr. Omkar Deshpande, Adv.

Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv.

Mr. Sourav Singh, Adv. Mr. Aditya Krishna, Adv. Ms. Raavi Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Nishant Ramakantrao Katneshwarkar, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR

Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shubhangi Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Apurv Singhvi, Adv.

Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Rohan Darade, Adv.

Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR

Mr. Vishwanathan Iyer, Adv. Ms. Shimpy Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Arman Sharma, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Mehra, Adv.

Ms. Yeshasvi Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Jindal, AOR

Mr. Jatinder Kumar Sethi, D.A.G. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.

M/S. Corporate Law Group, AOR Ms. Pragati Neekhra, AOR

Mr. Bhakti Vardhan Singh, AOR Mr. Ankit Khatri, Adv.

Mr. Raghvendra Kumar, AOR Mr. Anand Kumar Dubey, Adv. Ms. Harsha Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Maneesh Pathak, Adv. Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR

Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mrs. B. Sunita Rao, AOR

Ms. Ruchira Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shishir Deshpande, AOR Ms. Harshita Sharma, Adv. Ms. Swati Jain, Adv.

Ms. Pooja Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Tejaswin Suri, Adv.

Mr. Vivek Jain, D.A.G. Ms. Nupur Kumar, AOR Mr. Abhinav Jain, Adv.

Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR Mr. Kuldip Singh, AOR

Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Adv. Mr. R. Rajaselvan, Adv.

Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Mr. Rushab Aggarwal, Adv.

Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Ms. Maitreyee Jagat Joshi, Adv. Mr. Astik Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Riddhima J Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Japnish Singh Bhatia, Adv.

Mr. Sunny Choudhary, AOR Mr. Karan Bishnoi, Adv.

Mr. Rajesh Srivastava, AOR Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR

Mr. Chaitanya Sharma, Adv. Ms. Aswathi M.K., AOR

Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR

Mr. Gopal Singh, AOR

Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR Ms. Beena Victor, Adv.

Mr. Vivek Guruprasad Ballekere, Adv. Mr. Keerthipriyan E, Adv.

Ms. M Priya, Adv.

M/S. Plr Chambers And Co., AOR Mr. Sahil Bhalaik, AOR

Mr. Tushar Giri, Adv.

Mr. Siddharth Anil Khanna, Adv. Ms. Gulshan Jahan, Adv.

Mr. P. V. Yogeswaran, AOR

Mr. Barun Kumar Sinha, A.A.G. Mr. Anando Mukherjee, AOR

Ms. Ekta Bharati, Adv. Mr. M. Shoeb Alam, AOR

Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mr. Dhananjay Kataria, Adv.

Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Ms. G. Indira, AOR

Mr. Harnaman Singh, Adv. Mr. Rahul Tiwari, Adv.

Mr. Gandeepan, Adv.

Mr. Aravindh S., AOR Mr. Abbas, Adv.

Ms. Kavya Geetha, Adv.

Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, A.S.G. Mr. Wasim Quadri, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Sidhant Sinha, Adv. Mrs. Sunita Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Atrey, Adv. Mr. Akshey Amritanshu, Adv. Mr. Nachiketa Joshi, Adv.

Mr. R.R. Rajesh, Adv.

Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR

Mr. K.M. Natraj, A.S.G. Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mrs. Indira Bhakar, Adv.

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Verma, Adv. Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv.

Mr. Shashwat Parihar, Adv. Mr. Harish Pandey, Adv.

Mr. Rajesh Singh Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Krishan Kant Dubey, Adv.

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, AOR

Mr. Sanjai Kumar Pathak, AOR Mr. Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Adv. Mrs. Shashi Pathak, Adv.

Mr. Prashant Shrikant Kenjale, AOR

Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR Mr. Mohit Kaushik, Adv.

Mr. S Sunil, Adv.

Mr. Nikhil Goel, AOR Ms. Naveen Goel, Adv.

Mr. Adithya Koshy Roy, Adv. Ms. Siddhi Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Radhika Gautam, AOR

Mr. Saurabh Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR

Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR Ms. Bipasa Tripathy, Adv.

Ms. Sneha Kalita, AOR

Mr. Jatinder Kumar Sethi, D.A.G. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar Sharma, Adv.

Ms. Enakshi Mukhopadhyay Siddhanta, AOR Mr. Sovon Siddhanta, Adv.

Mr. K.G. Kannan, Adv. Mr. Saravanan A, Adv.

Mr. Pramod Dayal, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR

Ms. Manisha Ambwani, AOR

Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv.

Mr. Mahesh Thakur, AOR Mr. Naresh Kumar, AOR Mr. Anil Shrivastav, AOR

Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv.

Mr. Abraham Mathew, Adv. Mr. Alim Anvar, Adv.

Mr. T. G. Narayanan Nair, AOR Ms. Swathi H Prasad, Adv.

Mr. Guntur Prabhakar, AOR

Mr. Rajiv Kumar Choudhry , AOR

Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Naresh K. Sharma, AOR

Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR

Ms. Abhivyakti Banerjee, Adv. Ms. Aditya Pratap Swain, Adv. Mr. Gajendra Singh Negi, Adv. Ms. Sakshi Garg, Adv.

Mr. Kunal Chatterji, AOR

Ms. Maitrayee Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Rohit Bansal, Adv.

Ms. Kshitij Singh, Adv. Mr. Sohhom Sau, Adv.

Mr. Ratan Kumar Choudhuri, AOR Mr. Arjun Garg, AOR

Mr. Aakash Nandolia, Adv. Ms. Sagun Srivastava, Adv.

Ms. Lihzu Shiney Konyak, Adv. Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR

Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR

Mr. Gautam Narayan, AOR Ms. Asmita Singh, Adv.

Mr. Harshit Goel, Adv. Mr. Sujay Jain, Adv.

Mr. K.V. Vibu Prasad, Adv.

Mr. Apoorv Kurup, AOR Ms. Nidhi Mittal, Adv. Ms. Aparna Arun, Adv.

Ms. Gauri Goburdhun, Adv.

Mr. Gurjas Singh Narula, Adv. Ms. Aanchal, Adv.

Mr. Akhil Hasija, Adv. Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR

Mr. Gaurav Sharma, AOR Mr. Dhawal Mohan, Adv. Mr. Prateek Bhatia, Adv.

Mr. Paranjay Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Raj, Adv.

Ms. Ankita Dogra, Adv.

Ms. Devina Sehgal, AOR Mr. Dhananjay Yadav, Adv. Mr. Mohd. Ashaab, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

  1. The Registry has placed these proceedings pursuant to an email dated 31 December 2023 of Professor Amita Dhanda, Head of the Centre for Disability Studies (CDS) at NALSAR University of law.
  2. NALSAR has accepted the assignment which has been entrusted by the order of this Court dated 29 November
  3. Professor Dhanda has indicated that since the resources of NALSAR may not match the task to be undertaken, the  expenses incurred  by CDS in submitting the report should be reimbursed by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with  Disabilities  in  the  Union  Ministry  of  Social  Justice  and  Empowerment. Professor Dhanda has fairly stated that CDS will undertake  the  task  “by observing all the norms of financial frugality that should inform public spending”.
  4. We, therefore, allow the request and direct that the expenses which are incurred by CDS of NALSAR University of Law shall be borne by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. All reimbursements shall be made within a fortnight of the submission of
  5. The Head of CDS would be at liberty to chalk out the modalities  for implementing the work, including by engaging requisite experts and  field workers, who will carry out the exercise in the States and Union

(SANJAY KUMAR-I)                                (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR)

DEPUTY REGISTRAR                             ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

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