Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 53 · Decided 13 January 2026
Sujata Bora v. Coal India Limited & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 53 · [2026] 1 S.C.R. 590
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 120/2026
- Decided
- 13 January 2026
- Bench
- J.B. PARDIWALA, K.V. VISWANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 41, 142
Headnote
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 intersectionality of disability with gender justice. 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
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