Letters: Need for a new law Business Standard | New Delhi October 25, 2015 Last Updated at 21:37 IST With reference to the editorial, "Keeping abreast" (October 23), the national judicial education strategy should have included disability and litigation. Given that India ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities way back in 2007, inclusion of disabled litigants in the strategy would help them, particularly in divorce cases. Should a petitioner be granted divorce on the grounds of cruelty, if the respondent is a disabled person? Courts should be extra cautious in granting divorce when one of the two parties is a disabled person.
The government has launched the Accessible India campaign as part of which companies - both in the private and public sectors - will be rated for disabled-friendly initiatives. There should not be any discrimination against employees with disabilities. India needs a new law for disabled people, along the lines of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Unfortunately, the Indian law, Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, is weak in its enforcement. One hopes that things change for the better given that a few companies in the India have already initiated steps in this direction. Deendayal M Lulla, Mumbai source http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/letters-need-for-a-new-law-115102500692_1.html -- m. sivakumar. P.hd. International Institute of Tamil Studies CIT Campus, 2nd Main Road, Tharamani, Chennai, 600113 We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments. But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] 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 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..
