Disability Rights Through Courts: Madras High Court

A platform to share the periodic updates on developments in disability law, policy formulation and related fields across the world with special focus on India. It analysis successes and failures in the struggle of restoring disability rights through Court Intervention and general discourse on Human Rights of People with Disabilities.

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Madras High Court Upholds Rights of Policeman Acquiring Disability, Orders Reinstatement

Madras HC- State Govt. ought to have ensured Kilambakkam Bus Terminus disabled friendly as per the accessibilty mandate of RPWD Act

Madras HC raps a private school for refusing to admit a child with autism

Diverse Stakeholders Move Madras High Court in support of Accesssible Low Floor Buses - say, it also helps them - not just the disabled.

Madras HC dismissed the plea of TN Govt. seeking clarification of the order that directed them to purchase only accessible low floor buses.

Madras HC | WP No. 23154 of 2015 | D Ramkumar Vs. Pondicherry Society for Higher Education and Others | 08 Aug 2022

Madras HC | PIL titled Rajiv Rajan Vs. The MTC(C)L & Ors on implementation of PWD Act 1995

Madrash HC: Chennai Metro Stations do not meet accessibility mandate of Harmonized Guidelines - argues Disability Activist

Madrash HC: M. Gnanasambandam Vs. Govt. of India | WP No. 923 of 2007 | 05 July 2022

Madras HC | TN Govt. GO to the extent it offends RPWD Act or Provisions of Harmonised Guidelines & SC Judgement in Rajive Raturi case.

Madras HC | M. Sameeha Barvin Vs. Govt. of India (Min. of Youth and Sports)

Madras HC to Tamil Nadu Govt. - No purchasing buses for public transport, unless they are disabled friendly

Madras HC rejects the argument that victim’s evidence could not be relied upon since she was blind

Madras HC asks for all GOs by Tamil Nadu on disability reservation for judicial scrutiny

Loss in earning capacity and not degree of disability is considered in deciding compensation: Madras HC

Madras High Courts allows Transgender to write PSC Exams after PIL filed

Madras HC seeks report on prisoners with mental disabilities

Madras High Court reinstates conductor citing section 47 of Disabilities Act

Forcefully retired while on leave, cancer patient granted pension

Madrash High Court questions Commissioner Disability on unfilled backlogs and shoddy implementation of PWD Act