I am sorry I dont think you are on the right track.
Yes you are entitled to challenge the UP notification and get a scribe for
the exam because you are a person with low vision but
it is not good idea to ask for yourself to be included as a Blind person.
Chief Justice Chandrachud has given many orders in favour of the Disabled
including accessible elections..
Best wishes in your endeavour and please do keep me updated.
Kanchan Pamnani
Advocate & Solicitor
9, Suleman Chambers,
Battery Street, Colaba,
Mumbai - 400 039.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mohib Anwar Rafay" <mohibra...@gmail.com>
To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues
concerningthe disabled." <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] Urgent,is low vision covered under the definition of
blindness?
Yes, my case is totally based upon the definition of blindness. I was
not allowed to appear in Uttar Pradesh public service Commission
examination on the same ground, that facility of the scribe is
permitted only to blind candidates. And according to them a person is
blind if he is having 100% visual impairment.
So the question is that whether I am covered under the definition of
blindness having 70% visual impairment? so that I can take the service
of the scribe.
Allahabad high court didn't grant me instant relief of reconducting my
examination along with the facility of the scribe.
The result of that preliminary examination has been declared and its
mains exam is scheduled to be conducted by the end of June and
Allahabad High court has listed the matter in July. That's why I had
to rush to supreme court for instant relief.
On 6/10/15, kanchan Pamnani <kanchanpamn...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi
You will have to read the definition of Low Vision too. Your case seems
to
be on a slippery ground.
However no Authority can deny you the use of a scribe etc.
So if you can avoid getting into the nitty gritty of blindness and just
fight on the need for a scribe, it would be better. I have not read all
the
mails on this subject as yet so please accept my suggestion as based on
limited facts.
Kanchan Pamnani
Advocate & Solicitor
9, Suleman Chambers,
Battery Street, Colaba,
Mumbai - 400 039.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mohib Anwar Rafay" <mohibra...@gmail.com>
To: "accessindia" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 11:21 PM
Subject: [AI] Urgent,is low vision covered under the definition of
blindness?
Hey experts, I would be thankful if somebody could explain to me the
section 2(b) of Persons with disabilities Act 1995.
For ready reference, I am reproducing the section as follows:
Sec2(b) define blindness, it provides “(b) "blindness" refers to a
condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions,
namely:---
(I) total absence of sight.
(ii) visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (snellen) in the
better eye with correcting lenses; or
(iii) limitation of the filed of vision subtending an angle of 20
degree or worse.”
Please explain to me the second and third point, so that I could argue
that a person who has 10% remaining sight, is covered by the
definition of blindness.
The case is that who is a blind person. One point is clear that who
has no sight is a blind person, but what is second and third point
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