-Arushi Singh The jurisprudence on disability in India, albeit recent, has charted an unusual course. The courts have increasingly resorted to judicial activism to interpret and reinterpret the laws, and have gone beyond the four corners of the legislations in the endeavour of delivering justice. With...
-Arushi Singh, Aditi Prakash The Right of Persons with Disability Act (RPwD Act, 2016) was enacted in 2016 to give effect to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). It repealed the earlier legislation, Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights...
-Nazmeen Ahmed, Arushi Singh In India, writ petition has been filed in the case of Medhansh Soni v. Union of India (W.P. (C) 000516/2024) before Supreme Court where notice has been issued and issue regarding braille in medicines and other pharma products has been considered by...
-Arushi Singh On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we list down the judgments that defined the jurisprudence on disability rights in India. ...
-Arushi Singh Recently, while hearing the writ petition in the case of Seema Girija Lal v. Union of India, the Supreme Court expressed its displeasure over the dismal implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (RPwD), 2016....
-Arushi Singh In a landmark Judgment, the Supreme Court has laid down the guidelines for the creators to follow on the portrayal of persons with disabilities (PwD) in the visual media....
-Lavanya Regunathan Fischer The directive for the States to make provisions for securing the right to work for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) is enshrined in Article 41 of the Constitution of India.In line with this, section 41 of the now repealed Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities,...