Leprosy patient cannot hold municipal post: apex court
New Delhi: A leprosy patient cannot contest a civic poll or hold the post of a
councillor or chairperson of a municipality, the Supreme Court has ruled.
The verdict upheld the decisions of the Election Tribunal and the Orissa High
Court that had upheld the provisions of the Orissa Municipal Act, which
disqualifies
a leprosy patient from holding such posts.
'Not discriminatory'
Holding that these provisions are not discriminatory and violative of Article
14 of the Constitution, Justices C.K. Thakker and D.K. Jain said: "We do not
find any infirmity or illegality in the judgment warranting interference."
"... The legislature in its wisdom has thought it fit to retain such
provisions in the statute in order to eliminate the danger of the disease being
transmitted
to other people from the person affected," it said. - PTI
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