Denial of reasonable accommodation to the disabled is discrimination, says Supreme Court
The Hindu
SC says dysgraphia-hit student was wrongfully deprived of compensatory time at NEET
The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that denial of “reasonable accommodation” to a disabled person will amount to discrimination.
The apex court judgment came on a plea by a student who suffers from dysgraphia. She was not allowed an hour’s compensatory time to complete her NEET paper this year. Giving her extra time amounted to reasonable accommodation for her disability. Moreover, the invigilator at her centre “forcibly” collected the answer sheet from her.
Avni Prakash, the student, was entitled to the extra time under the NEET Bulletin 2021 and the Guidelines for Written Examination issued by the Ministry of Social Empowerment and Justice on August 29, 2018.
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