Hello, Presently I do not recall the exact case number I had the said details while ago and collected the same for one of my friend who was denied to pursue the career for as the solicitor. So I will certainly look for the same again and let you know about it. What I remember is that I think this case relate to Mumbai high court and if not mistaken this was somewhere in the year 2008 and between month june or so.
Meanwhile following information may also be of some use to you. Shri T T Chakravarthy, a 41 year old native of Arcot in Vellore district, of Tamil Nadu achieved a rare feat in the Indian judiciary system. He is perhaps the first visually impaired person to be appointed as a judge in the Munsif Court. He took charge as the judge of Coimbatore District 3rd Additional Munsif Court in June. Chakravarthy was practicing in the district court in Vellore and later enrolled at the Madras High Court. After successfully writing T.N.P.S.C., he was called for the judges training and got 13th place in the 2008 examination. He went through a two months training in Tamil Nadu District Judicial Academy and was a trainee judge in Valparai Court in the district. In what can be considered as an achievement for the Indian disability sector, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled against its own employment policy and allowed a 100 percent visually impaired person to appear for a screening test for the post of civil judge and write the exam with the help of an assistant. R.Varahalaswami, a 28 year old visually impaired advocate from Guntur applied for the post of a civil judge in the High Court in June. But the judicial authorities rejected his application on June 16 2009 saying that he has hundred per cent visual impairment and hence cannot be considered for the post. He then approached the High Court challenging the rejection of his application. A division bench comprising of Justice Ghulam Mohammed and Justice Vilas V. Afzulpurkar said that the Registrar of the High Court did not conform to the provisions of the Disability Act, 1995 which provides for 3 percent reservation for people with disability, of which one percent is reserved for persons with visual impairment. Moreover, the Registrar General in his notification did not prescribe any disqualification to 100 percent visually impaired applicants. The bench directed the Registrar General to allow R. Varahalaswami to appear for the screening test and provide an assistant to help him during the examination. It may be mentioned that in June that year, the Madras High Court had appointed a visually impaired person as a judge in the Munsif Court as mentioned above. thanks, mukesh. On 4/4/12, Shona Man <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mukesh do u remember which state was there against whom this case > was filed? If I know the state then I may be able to find the case. > > On 4/4/12, Sathiyaprakash Ramdoss <[email protected]> wrote: >> If the blind folded lady of justice can enforce justice in an >> objective manner, then why can't we? Is it just simply an allegorical >> personification? Thank you. >> >> Sathiya. >> >> On 4/3/12, sr mittal <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Definitely. There are a few other examples in different parts of the >>> world. >>> >>> Mittal >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>> KanchanPamnani >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 7:20 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [AI] Please reply,weather a visually challanged person can >>> become judge? >>> >>> I have heard of one in Tamil Nadu. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shona Man >>> Sent: 03 April 2012 00:43 >>> To: accessindia >>> Subject: [AI] Please reply, weather a visually challanged person can >>> become >>> judge? >>> >>> Friends after the stand of the Uttar Pradesh government that they are >>> denying blind persons in appearing in PCS judiciary exam, we are going >>> to >>> the high court to file the writ petition in this regard. But the view of >>> government is that a visually challanged person can not act as a judge. >>> How much do you agree with this stand, can any body tell me is there any >>> such judge in India so far? It will help us in making our case more >>> strong. >>> >>> -- >>> LL.M candidate >>> at Faculty of Law in University of Delhi >>> >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> 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 >> >> > > > -- > LL.M candidate > at Faculty of Law in University of Delhi > > > 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 > > -- Regards, Mukesh jain Email: [email protected] Skype: mukeshjain211 Mob: 09977165123 "Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. 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