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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...

Weekly Newsletter for the week of 17th of Feb

Disability rights On Monday 17th February, we attended a mediation session on behalf of Shri Deepak Rai against Iit Bombay concerning his case that they denied him certain reasonable accommodations...

Improving access to entertainment content

As a cricket fan, I was eager to “watch” the film 83. I am blind since birth. When the movie became available on a streaming platform, I was disappointed to learn that it did not have audio...

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