Hello friends, I request all of you to manage to provide me the copy of said judgment of Mumbai High Court or guide me from where and how I can have it. Since we are also in process to file such PIL petition in Karnataka High Court so this judgement may be helpful in service of our cause. The copy may also be sent to my personal ID. [email protected]
Positive and early response to the request shall be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Gautam Prakash Agarwal President NFB, Karnataka. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of shahnaz Sent: 18 June 2010 13:56 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-bombay-hi gh-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.in 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.in
