New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked for stricter implementation of reservation for people living with disability in government educational institutions.
The apex court in its latest judgment Saturday asked the government and government-aided educational institutions to apprise the University Grants Commission (UGC) about the utilisation of the Disability Quota of 5 per cent as mandated under the Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
In its court order on the issue of disability quota disperencies, the two-judge bench of the apex court said, “…We also direct that insofar as law colleges are concerned, intimation in this behalf shall be sent by those institutions to the Bar Council of India (BCI) as well. Other educational institutions will notify the compliance, each year, to the UGC.”
The court also ordered the UGC and the Bar Council (in case of law colleges) to undertake inspection for scrutinising the utilisation of the Disability Quota. “It will be within the discretion of the BCI and/or UGC to carry out inspections of such educational institutions to verify as to whether the provisions are complied with or not,” it said.
The apex court also asked the UGC to constitute a committee comprising different stakeholders which can take study into the matters of Disability in educational institutions.
It said, “This Committee shall undertake a detailed study for making provisions in respect of accessibility as well as pedagogy and would also suggest the modalities for implementing those suggestions, their funding and monitoring, etc.”
The Committee is likely to lay down the time limits within which such suggestions could be implemented.
PNN
