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12 Oct, 2013

Reserve at least 3% jobs for disabled: Apex court – Indian Express

A marathon legal struggle for a level playing field brought something to cheer about for at least 4 crore people with disabilities in India as the Supreme Court Tuesday ruled in favour of a minimum 3 percent reservation for them in all central and state government jobs.

This, the court said, would “ensure proper implementation of the reservation policy for the disabled and to protect their right”.

Regretting the denial of opportunities to differently abled people in the country, a bench led by Chief Justice P Sathasivam quashed the Centre’s 2005 office memorandum and the government’s claim that the reservation policy not only had to be different for Group A, B C and D posts but the quota had to confine to “identified” posts.

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