Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 1101 · Decided 12 September 2025
Reena Banerjee and Another v. Government of NCT of Delhi and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 1101 · [2025] 9 S.C.R. 855
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 11938/2016
- Decided
- 12 September 2025
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, SANDEEP MEHTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
The present case concerns the implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 along with the prolonged institutionalisation. The lack of access to education, health, and community life for persons residing homes, must be viewed through the expansive constitutional lens. Whether the institutional structures respect the autonomy, equality, and dignity of persons with disabilities as guaranteed under the Indian Constitution. Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016
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