Supreme Court of India
Sujata Bora v. Coal India Limited & Ors.
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For the reasons stated above, we set aside the order of the Division Bench of High Court of Judicature at Calcutta, in MAT 2325/2023.
Judgment, page 19
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration Whether the appellant was wrongly denied employment, despite having qualified for the interview, and declared unfit on the ground that she had multiple disability but had applied as a visually handicapped candidate (since the notification advertising the vacancies did not provide for “multiple disability”); intersectionality of disability with gender justice. Headnotes† Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 – “reasonable accommodation” – Constitution of India – Art.41 r/w 14 & 21; Art.142 – Advertisement was published by Coal India Limited (CIL) for recruitment
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