The Supreme Court Today (March 3) ruled that visually impaired candidates can apply for judicial services in India. The decision came after petitions challenged state rules denying them reservations.
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India today decided that visually impaired people can now apply for jobs in the country’s judicial services.
A team of judges, including Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan, gave this important ruling after hearing several petitions. One of these was a special case taken up by the court itself.
These petitions were about how some states were not allowing visually impaired people to get reservations in judicial services.
“We have treated it as the most important case. We have touched upon constitutional framework also and institutional disability jurisprudence…,”
-said Justice Mahadevan while announcing the decision.
The Top Court emphasized that people with disabilities should not face any discrimination in judicial services.
It also stated that the government must take positive steps to create an inclusive system.
“No candidate can be denied such opportunity solely on account of disability,”
-the Court declared.
Last year, the mother of a visually impaired candidate wrote to the Supreme Court, challenging a rule in the Madhya Pradesh Judicial Services (Recruitment and Service Conditions) Rules that prevented visually impaired individuals from applying for judicial jobs in the state.
Taking this issue seriously, the Supreme Court converted the letter into a suo motu case.
Today, the Court struck down Rule 6A of the Madhya Pradesh Judicial Services Rules, which had prevented visually impaired and low-vision candidates from joining the judiciary.
Additionally, the rule that required three years of legal practice for visually impaired candidates was also removed.
The Supreme Court not only allowed visually impaired candidates in Madhya Pradesh to participate in the selection process but also extended the same relief to candidates from Rajasthan.
CASE TITLE:
In Re Recruitment Of Visually Impaired In Judicial Services v. The Registrar General The High Court Of Madhya Pradesh
SMW(C) No. 2/2024
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