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13. Sampat Lal Parakh, PW-3 has stated in his affidavit that an agreement to sell the house in dispute was executed between the plaintiff and the defendant for a consideration of Rs.8,21,000/- and advance of Rs.61,000/- was paid by the plaintiff to the defendant in his presence. He states that the agreement was executed on 18-06-2007 at Rajnandgaon when both the parties had came to his shop. He further states that he had signed the said agreement as witness and one Prakash Kumar Dumre also signed the document. This witness has proved his signature. He further deposed that in his presence, Gajendra Prasad Sharma, Deepak Jain and Prakash Kumar Dumre signed the document and it was agreed to sell the house. This witness is brother-in-law of the plaintiff Deepak Jain. In para 12 of his cross-examination, he further deposed that he had read Ex.P-1 and then he had asked Gajendra Prasad Sharma whether documentation was proper and Gajendra Prasad Sharma admitted the same. This witness on the suggestion that the defendant was unable to read on account of visual disability, has emphatically replied that the defendant has signed in his presence. He further states that he does not know that the defendant is disabled, but he counted the money in his presence. Suggestion given to him that the defendant Gajendra Prasad Sharma is visually blind and Rs.61,000/- was given to him towards loan and as security towards repayment of loan, Ex.P/1 was prepared, has been denied.

(ix) Visual acuity too low to permit normal school education in children or normal vocational training or occupation in adults.

(x) The visual acuity was so low that the children were unable to attend regular public schools due to their visual handicap.

(xi) Total blindness : absence of light perception in both eyes. Near blindness : the patients are sufficiently handicapped to be unable to look after themselves or find their way about, and visual acuity cannot be brought to 20/200 for either eye.

18. The book on the subject : "Blindness and Visual Handicap", The Facts written by John H. Dobree and Eric Boulter. In para 23, oids and devices which are essential for the total blind persons have been discussed. A person who is totally blind can educate himself through braille alphabets. The equipment for writing in braille ranges from a small pocket frame and styles which can be used for jotting down notes, telephone numbers, addresses, and so on to the braille writing machine used for writing letters or any lengthy material. The braille frame or slate, whether pocket or desk size, consists of a series of cut-cuts places over a matched series of recesses. Braille pocket watches and wrist watches which are available can be used; the long cane, is a means through which many blind men and women may be able to accomplish free and safe movement even on crowded streets, enabling them to detect danger points, safely negotiate steps up and down kerbs, uneven pavements, projecting building lines, and other hazards.

(i) Partial blindness visual acuity of 1/60 snellen or more but less than 3/60 snellen.

(ii) Central visual acuity of less than 6/60 Snellen (0.1, 20/200) in the better eye or an equally disabling loss of the field of vision.

(iii) Vision reduced in at least on eye so that the individual cannot count fingers at a distance of six metres.

(iv) Inability to count fingers at 2 metres.

(v) Visual acuity of more than 6/60 but not exceeding 6/60 snellen in the better eye, even with best correction.