Gainful and respectful employment is vital for integration of persons with disabilities into the social mainstream.  Find below the legal provisions, Government instructions and Court decisions that are key  to secure the right to employment and positive measures to make employment meaningful for persons with disabilities.

 

 

E-bulletins in Employment and Disability Law

2023:

Disabled candidates selected on their own merit not to utilize quota: Govt.
 
2022:

2022: the year reservation in promotion finally happened

New guidelines for scribes for persons with writing disability

Multi-tasking Staff jobs to be reserved for persons with intellectual disabilities

 

2021:

Disability reservation in promotion reaffirmed by SC

Employ persons with intellectual disabilities, say Courts

Scribes for persons with writing disability: Government invites comments

Landmark SC verdict on facilities and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities

Central Govt. identifies jobs for persons with intellectual disabilities and mental illness

 

2020:

SC says disabled to get same relaxations as SC/ST

SC Affirms Reservation In Promotion For Disabled Persons In Public Sector

 

2019:

From Psycho-social Disability to Becoming a Judge

 

2018:

A win for inclusivity in employment: Disability is not unfitness, says High Court

Judgment Recall: Reservation in promotion for disabled employees

 

2017:

Disabled candidate not unfit to be an engineer, says Delhi High Court to Railways

Are the Employment Provisions in the New Disability Act Satisfactory?

Special Educators entitled to be treated on par with regular teachers: Calcutta High Court

Supreme Court rejects petition of Oriental Insurance Company to deny persons with disabilities reservation in promotion

 

2016:

Supreme Court to Karnataka Govt.: Don’t keep visually impaired persons out of primary school teacher jobs

Supreme Court directs reservation in promotions for persons with disabilities

Supreme Court endorses Government initiative to hire disabled