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Supreme Court Clarifies ‘Upward Movement’ for PwD Reservations: Ensuring Merit and Equity

The Supreme Court’s judgment in Reena Banerjee v Government of NCT of Delhi affirms that meritorious Persons with Disabilities (PwD) who score above the unreserved cut-off must migrate to the general...

Delhi HC Pushes for Inclusive OTT Platforms: Accessibility as a Legal Imperative

Introduction The Delhi High Court, through its order dated 1st September 2025, directed the Central Government to speed up the process of issuing guidelines to the Over-The-Top (hereinafter referred...

Bombay HC Ruling on Blind Reservation

The Bombay High Court on Reservation for Totally Blind Candidates A Critical Examination – Harshad Govind Jadhav and Ors. Vs. State of Maharashtra and Ors. and Satyashodh and Ors. Vs. State of...

Medical Negligence and Disability Rights – The Lady Hardinge MBBS Certification Scandal

The recent revelation that Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) wrongly disqualified disabled NEET-qualified candidates from the MBBS reservation quota signals a troubling failure within India’s...

An Analysis of N. Biju v. State of Kerala & Ors.: When the clash is amongst persons with disabilities themselves

Sometimes, the conflict in disability rights is not between persons with and without disabilities, but within different groups of persons with disabilities themselves. The Kerala High Court’s judgment...

Weekly Newsletter for the week of 1st of September

This week, we had a total of 4 hearings. On Monday, we had 3 cases listed. The first was in the Delhi High Court, on the issue of incorporation of accessibility features in all OTT content. We were...

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