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Continued discrimination against Category D Disability: SLD candidates locked out of Civil Services for another year

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In September 2025, the Central Administrative Tribunal handed down what many in the disability rights community called a watershed moment. The CAT’s judgment in Molshree Aggarwal v. UPSC declared that the systematic exclusion of persons with Specific Learning Disabilities from reserved posts in the Civil Services Examination violated the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, […]

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

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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 list, thereby preserving reserved PwD posts for candidates facing compounded barriers whom Section 34 of the RPwD Act was designed to benefit. By characterising

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