On 3/8/12, purnima jain <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 . > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > Hi sir i also appreciate your findings Because it is very necessary, especially disabled, and i expressed a lot of thanks to you
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