Centre must establish mandatory accessibility norms for specially abled: SC

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The bench, also comprising Justice J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, underscored the necessity of "meaningful access" for disabled persons to public spaces and mandated a two-pronged approach: adapting existing infrastructures to accessibility standards, and ensuring that all new infrastructure is designed to be inclusive from the outset.

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre to implement mandatory accessibility standards within three months, in a significant order aimed at improving access to public spaces for persons with disabilities.

The order by a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud comes in response to slow progress on the accessibility directives issued by the court in a judgement on December 15, 2017.

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Topics: Tax reassessment High Court judgments Disability norms TOLA 2021 Tax disputes Revenue Department India govt Ashish Agarwal case Supreme Court ruling Ritika Nayyar Specially abled Centre Accessibility

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