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Supreme Court mandates equal facilities for all persons with disabilities in examinations: Gulshan Kumar vs. Institute of Banking Personnel Selection & Ors. (2025) INSC 142 (03 February 2025)

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LEGAL ISSUE: Whether all persons with disabilities (PwD), not just those with benchmark disabilities (PwBD), are entitled to the same examination facilities, such as scribes and compensatory time.CASE TYPE: Public Interest Litigation (Disability Rights) Case Name: Gulshan Kumar vs. Institute of Banking Personnel Selection & Ors. [Judgment Date]: 03 February 2025 Introduction Date of the […]

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Supreme Court Allows MBBS Admission for Student with 44% Speech Disability: Omkar Ramchandra Gond vs. Union of India (2024)

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Supreme Court Allows MBBS Admission for Student with 44% Speech Disability: Omkar Ramchandra Gond vs. Union of India (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a candidate with a benchmark disability exceeding 40% can be denied admission to a medical course solely based on the percentage of disability. CASE TYPE: Disability Law, Education Law Case Name: Omkar Ramchandra

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Supreme Court Directs Accommodation for Dysgraphia in NEET: Avni Prakash vs. NTA (23 November 2021)

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Supreme Court Directs Accommodation for Dysgraphia in NEET: Avni Prakash vs. NTA (2021) Date of the Judgment: 23 November 2021 Citation: Civil Appeal No. 7000 of 2021 (Arising Out of SLP (C) No.18591 of 2021) Judges: Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J and A.S. Bopanna, J. Can a student with dysgraphia, a specific learning disability, be

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Supreme Court Directs Pupil-Teacher Ratio for Special Needs Education in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 132 of 2016 (28 October 2021)

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Supreme Court Directs Pupil-Teacher Ratio for Special Needs Education Date of the Judgment: 28 October 2021 Citation: Rajneesh Kumar Pandey & Ors. vs. Union of India & Ors. (2021) INSC 747 Judges: A.M. Khanwilkar, J., Dinesh Maheshwari, J., C.T. Ravikumar, J. How can we ensure that children with special needs receive the quality education they

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Supreme Court Directs 5% Reservation and Accessibility for Disabled Students in Higher Education: Disabled Rights Group & Anr. vs. Union of India & Ors. (2017) INSC 1078 (15 December 2017)

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Date of the Judgment: 15 December 2017 Citation: (2017) INSC 1078 Judges: A.K. Sikri, J., Ashok Bhushan, J. Can educational institutions deny admission to students with disabilities? The Supreme Court of India addressed this critical issue in a public interest litigation, emphasizing the rights of persons with disabilities to access education. The Court mandated a

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