Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 309 · Decided 28 June 2021
The State of Kerala & ORS. v. Leesamma Joseph
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 309 · [2021] 3 S.C.R. 576
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 59/2021
- Decided
- 28 June 2021
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, R. SUBHASH REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995: ss.32, 33, 47 - Reservation in promotion - Held: ss.32, 33 and 47 provides for equal opportunity for career progression, including promotion - Thus, it would be negation mandate if promotion is denied to PwD and such reservation is confined only to the initial stage of induction in service - This would in fact result in stagnation of the disabled in a consequential frustration - The operation of reservation and the computation has to be made with
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