Supreme Court Allows Candidates With Disabilities To Attend Interview If They Have Got Minimum Marks Prescribed For SC/ST Categories

The Supreme Court in the case In Re Recruitment of Visually Impaired In Judicial Services observed and has resumed its hearing in a suo motu matter regarding a rule in the State of Madhya Pradesh that excludes visually impaired and no-vision candidates from seeking appointment to judicial services.

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The bench comprising of Justice P.S. Narasimha and Justice Sanjay Karol in the case observed and has passed an order that the candidates of various disabilities who appeared for the final examination will be allowed to appear for an interview if they have secured minimum marks as provided for the SC or ST candidates.

It may be recalled that the Court took suo motu cognizance of a letter sent to CJI DY Chandrachud by the mother of one of the visually impaired candidates against such exclusion.

Therefore, converting the letter petition into a petition as stated under Article 32 of the Constitution, the CJI-led Bench had issued notice to the Secretary General of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, the State of Madhya Pradesh, and the Union of India.

The court in the case noted that noted that the Civil Judge Class-II examination conducted in 2022 did not include reservation slots for visually impaired participants, a move that significantly contradicts the principles laid out in the 2016 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act.