yest indeed it is a great fight undertaken. in the time when there is lot of corruption in the courts, only the blind judges can do work with honesty. i feel that she should go to supreme court of india to have its directive in this regard because it is a matter of a full constitutional bench. with regards: dr. udai narain sinha
On 7/30/08, mahendra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all > just for you all to know, in Germany quite many judges who are blind, > one of the argument people give, that blindness helps judges to be neutral. > At 03:53 PM 7/30/2008, you wrote: >>Dear friends, >> >>This is such a relevant issue for the blind law graduates. I have been >>personally working on this for quite some time now. I had a detailed >>discussion with Kanchan also on the subject some time back as what should a >>blind law graduate possess in order to be successful as a judge for we want >>to set a role model and not failures. In the recent past Jharkhand Public >>Service Commission also did that. I have a reply from High Court of Andhra >>Pradesh in which the Registrar of the AP Court specifically states that >> they >>have decided not to give reservation to Blind! >> >>However, I would like to bring to your notice that Mr. MK Rastogi from AICB >>and I had argued this issue successfully some years back before a *Judges >>Colloquium* that was organised by HRLN and National Human Rights Commission >>jointly at New Delhi and was attended by several Chief Justices of High >>Courts and senior Justices from all over India. At that time Delhi High >>Court had not given any reservation to the Disabled people in an >>advertisement. In a lighter vein, Mr. Rastogi expressed before that >>colloquium that it is said that Law is blind and we are also blind so there >>is a co-relation between law and us and we are Bhai Bhai and that Blind >>would do well as judges and should be given reservation! Perhaps the trick >>worked! >> >>We had Justices like S. Ravinder Bhatt, SK Kaul and few others from Delhi >>High Court and next day we were so pleased to see that the newspaper >> carried >>Corrigendum to the earlier advertisement inviting applications for the >> posts >>of Civil Judges and this time it especially included that* 2 posts were >>reserved for the Blind*. >> >>This is also another hard fact that till date these posts are vacant! I am >>unclear as to Whether it is because of not many blind people contesting for >>it or because there are no competent blind candidates existing who are >>willing to accept the challenges of the post of a Judge!. >> >>I have been nurturing a desire to see first Indian Blind Judge, I have been >>in fact training one Mr. Pankaj Sinha ( a pass out of St. Stephens and LLB >>from Delhi University) here in Delhi. Lets see when that happens but I am >> so >>happy to see that Nandita has come up and challenged this situation there >> in >>Mumbai. Through this list I invite Nandita to also apply to Civil Judges >>positions lying vacant in Delhi whenever the advt is issued. >>Congratulations! and keep us informed on the list. >> >>warm regards >> >>SC Vashishth, >>ADVOCATE-Disability Rights at New Delhi >>Member-Advocacy Committee, AICB >> >> >> >> >> >>On 30/07/2008, Blind News <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > Blind lawyer fights for her right to be a judge >> > >> > Mayura Janwalkar >> > >> > Alleging violation of the constitutional right to equality, Nandita >> > Dubey-Tripathi, a visually challenged advocate, has moved Bombay High >> > Court >> > after being >> > excluded from applying to the post of civil judge. >> > >> > Tripathi, a post-graduate in labour law, has been practicing before the >> > Nagpur bench of the High Court and has successfully argued over 600 >> > cases. >> > >> > On February 25, 2005, the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) >> > had >> > published an advertisement for the recruitment of civil judges. However, >> > it >> > barred >> > visually challenged candidates from being considered for the post. >> > >> > In her application, Tripathi contested that the Persons with >> > Disabilities >> > (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, >> > 1995, >> > allows three per cent reservation for the handicapped with one percent >> > for >> > the visually challenged. >> > >> > However, Tripathi contended, that in direct violation of Article 14 >> > (right >> > to equality), a visually challenged candidate was being denied the >> > opportunity >> > to compete with able bodied candidates. >> > >> > After hearing the case, Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice AP >> > Deshpande gave the government four weeks to reply to Tripathi's >> > petition. >> > >> > In 1998, an administrative committee comprising of five senior judges >> > of >> > high court had inferred that the Persons with Disabilities Act was not >> > applicable >> > to judicial services. The decision given by the committee was reinforced >> > in >> > an order passed by the high court in 2004. >> > >> > >> > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! 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