Supreme Court of India

The State of Kerala & Ors. v. Leesamma Joseph

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Reported as [2021] 3 S.C.R. 576
Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul and R. Subhash Reddy JJ.
Decided 28 June 2021

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the course of action followed by the High Court in the impugned order is salutary and does not call for any interference.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protectio n of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995: ss.32, 33, 47 – Rese rvation in promotion – Held: ss.32, 33 and 47 provides for equal opportunity for career progression, including promo tion – Thus, it would be negation of the legislative mandate if promotion is de nied to PwD and such reservation is confined only to the initial stag e of induction in service – This would in fact result in stagnation of the disabled in a consequential frustration – The opera tion of reservation and the computation has to be made with re ference to the

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 mentioned

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