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Showing posts with label accessibility for disabled people. Show all posts
Showing posts with label accessibility for disabled people. Show all posts
Friday, September 15, 2023

Forced to climb staircase at the theatre, disabled man files complaint in consumer forum citing lack of accessibility, theatre directed to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation

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Dear colleagues, An inaccessible cinema theatre, which had neither elevators nor ramps despite the provisions of RPWD Act 2016 mandating acc...
Monday, September 30, 2019

Court of SCPD expresses displeasure on indifference and arrogant behaviour shown by bureaucrats in implementing RPwD Act 2016 [Judgement Included]

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Dear colleagues, The present case is a classic example of how the siloed approach on the part of the responsible officers at the helm mak...
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Friday, December 15, 2017

Supreme Court of India: Rajive Raturi Vs. Union of India (15 Dec 2017) [Judgement included]

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Court : Supreme Court of India Bench : Mr. Justice  A.K. Sikri and Mr. Justice Ashok Bhushan Case Number & Title : WP Civil 243 of 2005 ...
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

ना रहेगा बांस, ना बजेगी बांसुरी - Instead of making online audio and video content accessible at the order of Deptt of Justice, UC Berkeley removes entire public content - leaving all students in lurch.

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Dear Colleauges, A group of scholars have objected to a decision by the University of California, Berkeley, to remove many video and a...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

Bombay HC passes directions to Railways on facilities for disabled; seeks compliance report by 02 May 2017

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Dear colleagues, The Bombay High Court while hearing Writ Petition (Civil) 1684 of 2016 titled Nitin Arjun Gaikwad  Vs. The Union Of I...
Thursday, March 27, 2014

Delhi HC issues notices to Civic Agencies on Barrier Free Pedestrian Infrastructure

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A Division Bench headed by the Acting Chief Justice B. D. Ahmed and Justice Sidharth Mridul of Delhi High Court on 26 March 2014, issued n...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Bombay HC panel to evaluate the prototype of Accessible Railway Station

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Dear Colleagues, This is further to my earlier post on 29th Jan 2012 titled Bombay High Court directs Railways to be Sensitive to Dis...
Monday, January 30, 2012

Bombay Hight Courts directs Railways to be sensitive to disabled

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Dear Friends, Our disability law is almost 16 years old now. What it mandated to ensure accessibility for the disabled in public spac...
Friday, September 16, 2011

Maharashtra Govt assures barrier free environment before the High Court

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Dear Friends,  In response to a PIL, Govt. of Maharashtra has promised before the Nagpur Bench of the Mumbai High Court that it will m...
Friday, October 8, 2010

Bombay High Court steps in to ensure Barrier Free Environment for persons with disabilities

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Dear Friends, Many people think what they can do if the pedestrian infrastructure is inaccessible to the disabled or the public pla...