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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