Now, he is going to become next CJI. This is the best opportunity for us.
On Wed, 12 Oct, 2022, 8:59 pm Minar Singh, <[email protected]> wrote: > Need to ensure greater accessibility for people with disabilities: > Justice Chandrachud > Justice Chandrachud said that despite laws mandating > disability-friendly infrastructure, public transport and other spaces > continue to remain inaccessible to persons with disabilities. > By: Express News Service > New Delhi | September 24, 2022 10:10:47 pm > Supreme Court Justice D Y Chandrachud (File) > Supreme Court Justice D Y Chandrachud Saturday called on government > and private entities to work towards a more just world for people with > disabilities while noting the lack of accessibility for them in public > and other spaces. > “Government or private entities must ensure that laws and policies are > being complied with. This is of foremost importance. In our individual > capacities, the least we can do is accord persons with disabilities > the respect they deserve and treat them as equals,” he said at the > Professor Shamnad Basheer Memorial Lecture on “Making Disability > Rights Real: Addressing Accessibility & More”. > Justice Chandrachud said that despite laws mandating > disability-friendly infrastructure, public transport and other spaces > continue to remain inaccessible to persons with disabilities. > “Some entities do not even pretend to comply with such laws while > others comply with them in a desultory fashion, and only with a view > to getting their building and occupancy permits. I have noticed that > some ramps are so steep that an able-bodied person cannot walk down > without falling over, let alone a person who uses a wheelchair or > crutches,” he said. > Pointing to the need to work towards a just society which accounts for > the needs of persons with disabilities and provides facilities to > accommodate them, Justice Chandrachud said these facilities, which are > known as “reasonable accommodations” in legal terms, must not be > viewed with contempt or derision. > “It is incumbent on all institutions…governmental or private, and all > individuals to do their bit to ensure a more just world for persons > with disabilities,” he said. > Justice Chandrachud said: “Arbitrary restrictions on the exercise of > legal capacity denies persons with disabilities equal protection > before law, thereby depriving them of a whole host of rights including > civil, political, social, economic, sexual, and reproductive rights.” > He added that though the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 > mandates reservation of at least 5 per cent of the total seats for > persons with benchmark disabilities in all government institutions of > higher education and other higher education institutions receiving aid > from government, most of these do not account for any “reasonable > accommodation” that persons with disabilities might require. > On their right to work, he said: “It should not be limited to their > participation in the workforce”. > “The constitutional precepts of the right to dignity and equality > require public and private employers to do more to make their > workplaces inclusive and accessible to them,” he said, adding that > technology can play an essential role in creating inclusive and > accessible workplaces. > Justice Chandrachud who heads the e-Committee of the Supreme Courts > said the Committee “has been working to make the digital > infrastructure of the Indian judicial system more accessible to person > with disabilities’ and have introduced audio-captchas on the SC and > High Court websites so as to make things easier for such persons. > First published on: 24-09-2022 at 10:10:47 pm > > https://indianexpress.com/article/india/need-to-ensure-greater-accessibility-for-people-with-disabilities-justice-chandrachud-8170818/ > > -- > What’s most important is to put the person first, the disability > second Because we all are people first. > > -- > Disclaimer: > 1. 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