Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled
TREATY
India
Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access ... Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled
WORLDINTELLECTUALPROPERTYORGANIZATION 1 of 2013
Published in World Intellectual Property Organization
applicant to correct the error and
change the disability from VISUAL IMPAIRMENT - BLIND (B)
to Low vision category and as the applicant has secure much ... Vision, it appears that it has been filled as Visual Impairment-
Blind (B) which was not correct since, as could be seen from the
disability
suffering from blindness, was totally blind or suffering
from partial blindness. "Blindness" is defined in Concise Medical
Dictionary as :
"blindness the inability ... visual acuity was so low that the children were unable to attend
regular public schools due to their visual handicap.
(xi) Total blindness : absence
visually handicapped. Clause (3) of the advertisement reads as under:
Blind: (Visually handicapped):
Blind are those who satisfy one of the following conditions:
(a) Total ... blind and are taking the examination in braille. It is also urged that braille is an internationally recognised language for the blind and all visually
blindness;
(ii) low vision"
.
Section 2(b) defines "blindness" as under:
"(i) total absence of sight; or
(ii) visual acuity ... advertised for visually
impaired persons suffering from 'low vision' disability and not for
visually impaired persons suffering from 'blindness
short, 'the Sangh') exclusively for the benefit of blind
and visually impaired children. Further prayer is made for a
direction to the respondents ... Rajasthan Netraheen Kalyan Sangh, Jaipur, has approximately 100
blind/visually impaired students from Nursery to 12 th standard.
They require minimum 15 trained skilled teachers
Institutions affiliated under The National Programme
for Control of Blindness & Visual Impairment (NPCB&VI), Rajasthan, details of the appropriate
government granting funds ... having a majority stake in the National Programme for Control of Blindness &
Visual Impairment (NPCB&VI), Rajasthan should have been disclosed
posts for the physically
handicapped including blind and partially blind.
There has been a growing demand from the visually
handicapped persons to provide reservations ... suitable for the handicapped. The
Committee has further specified that the visually
handicapped (blind and partially blind) are suitable for
appointment to the following categories
importance to mention that the Committee had specified that the visually handicapped ( blind and partially blind ) are suitable for appointment for certain categories of Group ... going through the list of the posts identified as suitable for visually handicapped (blind and partially blind) it is obvious that there are number
posts to the physically handicapped persons including blind and partially blind. The Apex Court after perusing various circulars directed the Government ... India and the Union Public Service Commission to promote the visually (blind and partially blind persons) and to permit them to compete the examination, which
