Sure. agreed. But courts are also entitled to give such rulings which can be the starting point -or the thrust- our system needs to make the distinction. The issue is so obvious as described by the Court itself that nothing would or should stop them from making the demarcation in their judgement. No legal expert but am suggesting from pure commonsense. Subramani
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vamshi G Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 7:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] Be Sensitive to Blind People, Bombay High Court Tells Govt But Subramani sir, anything that has to be done should be provided by the statue. The PWD Act, in it's current form, doesn't differentiate between blind and low vision people. So, I really wonder how can the court give such directions without the support for the same from the Act. Personally I support the court's advise of treating blind and low vision as 2 different sub-categories of the VH category, with more preference to the blind. And incidents like this support the arguments that there should be 2 categories in the VH category, mildly disabled and severely disabled, or even 3 categories, mildly disabled, moderately disabled and severely disabled, which has been emphasised time and again by legal experts like Mr. Rajesh Asudani on the list as well as on the blog dedicated for this purpose. I hope topics like this on the list motivate more people to write their opinions on the Access India blog dedicated for this purpose. Regards, Vamshi G M: +91 9949349497 R: +91 877 2243861 Skype: gvamshi81 www.retinaindia.org >From darkness unto light -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Subramani L Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 4:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] Be Sensitive to Blind People, Bombay High Court Tells Govt This is really unfortunate. How can the blind and the low vision be the sme? There needs to be certain consideration for the totally blind since it seems they are left behind. Hope the judgement is in their favour. Subramani -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of shahnaz Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 1:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AI] Be Sensitive to Blind People, Bombay High Court Tells Govt Be sensitive to blind people, Bombay high court tells govt Hetal Vyas / DNA Friday, June 18, 2010 0:56 IST Mumbai: Maharashtra government's attitude treating persons with total and partial blindness 'uniformly' while considering them for jobs under the physically challenged quota has not gone down well with the Bombay high court. A division bench of acting chief justice JN Patel and justice SC Dharmadhikari on Thursday observed: "The authorities need to be careful and sensitive towards these people. These people are not beggars, they can perform if given an opportunity." The court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Harshad Jadhav, a blind man seeking directives to the state government to implement the provisions of Disabilities Act, 1995, and provide jobs to the physically challenged people in government bodies. Chief secretary JP Dange, in an affidavit submitted in the court, stated that the government is following the recommendations of an expert committee, as per the provisions of the act. "Therefore, the recommendations are binding and the state has no authority to overrule them," said the affidavit. Dange also justified state's stand on treating the totally blind and those with low vision uniformly. "If the number of persons from totally blind category find it difficult to get selected, the state can hardly do anything in this regard," said his affidavit. The judges particularly expressed displeasure about this statement, observing that such an attitude will make the totally blind compete with either with the partially blind or those with poor vision. http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_be-sensitive-to-blind-people-bomba y-high-court-tells-govt_1397881 Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm 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.i n Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with disability bill at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. 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