Hello Rajender Sir, I totally agree with the observations made by you .Yes you are right in suggesting that we must stress on the implementation of the laws .But the point which I want to make is that at this point of time there is serious lack of adequate legal provisions which give protection to the disabled persons in specific circumstances .The fact of the matter is that the ill treatment given to the disabled persons is not still recognized as an infringement of his right to live a dignified life .In my view if we have expressed provisions at least we would have a proper mechanisms established wherein the harassment of the disabled in public places accessing public amenities could be dealt with .To make my point more clear before the enactment of the domestic violence Act though there existed remedies to deal with it in other laws too but they proved inadequate to give protection to the women and the need was felt to codify the law to establish proper mechanism to deal with it.Moreso the incidents of domestic violence received recognition of being something illegal in the common parlance only after the enactment of the aforesaid law. Even in case of offences like sati people developed the consciousness that they were doing something illegal and immoral only after it was declared an offence by law The fact that there are huge number of cases of harassment with the disabled people despite the remedy available under the ordinary laws spell out the need for a separate law with a proper mechanisms.. .Enactment of a separate law will in no circumstance will deprive us of the remedies existing in the ordinary law but would only strengthen the protection available therein because than only the people in general and the legal community in particular including the judges ,the lawyers and the Human Right activist would give the desired attention it deserve .I however do not agree with you that a separate law would isolate us from the mainstream .Yes you are correct that we cannot include all the circumstances but every codified law suffers from this lacuna .more so this plea should not be taken to suggest that codification of the law should not be done .At least some form of defined law is needed. Your suggestion regarding the remedy available in the consumer court is a good one, I also agree with the remarks made by you with regards to the CCPD.And yes you need not feel sorry for expressing your views .We are only having a healthy discussion on the issue .Thanks .
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