Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 with Section 47

Mental Disability and Workplace Discrimination: Supreme Court Protects Rights of Employees in Disciplinary Proceedings (17 December 2021)

/ Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, General Clauses Act, 1897, General Clauses Act, 1897 with Section 6, Judges, Mental Healthcare Act 2017, Non-discrimination in employment, Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995, Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 with Section 47, Reasonable Accommodation, Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 with Section 20, Surya Kant, Vikram Nath

Supreme Court Protects Rights of Employees with Mental Disabilities in Disciplinary Proceedings LEGAL ISSUE: Whether disciplinary proceedings initiated against an employee with a mental disability constitute workplace discrimination under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016. CASE TYPE: Service Law, Disability Rights Case Name: Ravinder Kumar Dhariwal & Anr. vs. The Union of India […]

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Supreme Court Upholds Promotion Rights for Disabled Employees: State of Kerala vs. Leesamma Joseph (2021)

/ Constitutional Law, Judges, Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995, Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 with Section 32, Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 with Section 33, Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 with Section 47, R. Subhash Reddy, Right to Equality, Sanjay Kishan Kaul

Supreme Court Upholds Promotion Rights for Disabled Employees: State of Kerala vs. Leesamma Joseph (2021) Date of the Judgment: June 28, 2021 Citation: 2021 INSC 414 Judges: Sanjay Kishan Kaul, J. and R. Subhash Reddy, J. Can a person with a disability, who was appointed on compassionate grounds, claim reservation in promotions under the Persons

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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Promotion Based on Medical Category: SGT Chaman Lal vs. Union of India (2017)

/ A.M. Khanwilkar, Amitava Roy, Dipak Misra, Judges, Medical Category, Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995, Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995 with Section 47, Promotion, Service Law

LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a person can be denied promotion due to being in a low medical category despite being empanelled for promotion and having a disability. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: SGT Chaman Lal vs. Union of India and Others [Judgment Date]: July 25, 2017 Date of the Judgment: July 25, 2017 Citation: (2017)

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