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This edition of `Disability and the Law` is being published at a time when significant events have taken place in the international and national contexts. In the national context, India has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). Besides, ministerial actions have been initiated to bring our disability laws in conformity with the principles and values of the Convention.
In India, the judiciary continues to play a crucial role in ensuring that persons with disabilities enjoy the rights guaranteed to them under the law as it exists today and this edition takes a look at some such judicial orders that have had an impact on the rights of persons with disabilities in the areas of education, employment, accessibility, mental health, housing, etc.
Judgments and orders in individual cases as also in petitions filed in public interest have been included and placed into chapters based on their subject. Citations have been provided for cases that have been reported. A synopsis of the judgment/order appears at the start of each chapter for easy reading.
A write-up on various statutes, regulations, and cases affecting the rights of persons with disabilities in the United States is also printed in this edition to enable comparison of case law in India and the United States.
We are confident that this edition will be a valuable resource material for activists, DPOs, NGOs, lawyers journalists and judges with the view that it will serve as a precedent for the persons with disabilities similarly placed.ISBN : 9788175349742
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Pages : 995
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