SC ISSUED NOTICE IN PIL SEEKING BAR COUNCILS TO COLLECT DATA ON CANDIDATES WITH DISABILITIES TO SHAPE POLICIES FOR DISABLED LAWYERS
The Business Guardian|November 10, 2023
The Supreme Court in the case Fateh Mohit Whig v. Union Of India And Ors observed and has issued the notice in the Public Interest Litigation, PIL moved wherein its is argued that the Bar Council of India, BCI and the State Bar Councils across the nation to collect comprehensive data on candidates who are Persons with Disabilities, PWD with regards to their specific disabilities.
SC ISSUED NOTICE IN PIL SEEKING BAR COUNCILS TO COLLECT DATA ON CANDIDATES WITH DISABILITIES TO SHAPE POLICIES FOR DISABLED LAWYERS

The bench comprising of CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra in the case observed that this data collection shall be in accordance with the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, RPWD Act of 2017 and the same could be utilised to shape policies that support lawyers with disabilities in their legal practice, thereby ensuring their equal standing with non-disabled lawyers.

In the present case, the petitioner, who is both a lawyer and the person with a disability, had previously submitted before the court that the detailed representation to the Bar Council of India through their legal representative.

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