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Strictly adhere to guidelines for assessing disability
The New Indian Express Chennai
|June 27, 2025
The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has directed the health department secretary to instruct all departments concerned to strictly adhere to the guidelines framed by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, in assessing the percentage of disability.
Justice B Pugalendhi gave the direction recently after coming across three disability certificates issued to a person mentioning three percentages of disability (40, 51 and 60).
This story is from the June 27, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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