disabled and hence entitled to
protection of pay and other emoluments in terms of Section
47 of Person with Disabilities Act and Section ... having 40% disability, and thus entitled for
benefits under the Persons with Disabilities
(Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights
and Full Participation) Act
available for persons suffering from
different kinds of disabilities enumerated in
Section 33 of the Disabilities Act, 1995, such
reservation ought to have been ... denial of rights to persons with disabilities under
Section 33 of the Disabilities Act, 1995, which
prevent them from enjoying their fundamental rights
to equality
hearing disability, intellectual disability, disability
caused due to chronic neurological conditions, disability due to blood disorder
and multiple disabilities :
“25.2. The disability caused ... Speech and language disability
2. Intellectual disability including
(a) specific learning disabilities
(b) autism spectrum disorder
3. Mental behavior
4. Disability caused
When we say ‘disability’, we do
not mean ‘disability’ as has been defined in the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 . The Rights ... Governmentaided schools,
with one or more disabilities as defined under the Persons
with Disabilities Act (1995) and the National Trust Act
ensure non-discrimination of persons with disabilities, by reason of
their disabilities. But the provisions of the Disabilities Act cannot be pressed
into service ... person's disability and there is no question of a person with disability
invoking the provisions of the Disabilities Act, to claim relief regarding
Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999
(hereinafter referred to as National Trust Act), the
Mental Health Act, 1987 , the subsequent Mental
Healthcare Act, 2017 ; nor the Rights ... Equal
Opportunities, protection of Rights and Full
Participation Act, 1995 (PWD Act, 1995 ) classifies the
disabilities as given below:
"(i) Disability" means
disabilities: and
(ii) To create a barrier free environment for Persons with Disabilities.
15) Under its chapter VIII, titled “Non-Discrimination”, the Disabilities
Act ... resources to bear the expenditure involved in making these facilities
disabled friendly, Disabilities Act, 2016 thankfully does not mention any
such condition. On the contrary
disabilities and computation of the reservation.
14. After the enactment of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal
Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act ... reservation for disabled provided under
Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities
Protection of Rights and Full Participations) Act
disabled and visually
disabled (Blind) employees on the following grounds:
i) The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection
of Rights and Full Participation) Act ... person with disability of
‘blindness’ and a person with disability of ‘hearing impairment’. Such
discrimination has not been envisaged under the Disabilities Act
child' with disability' includes a child
with disability as defined in Section 2(i) of the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995; a
child ... child is under a disability, physical or mental.
Disability is defined in Section 2(i) of the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995, which
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