All disabled candidates can use scribes to write exam: SC

The Supreme Court on Monday said all disabled candidates can take scribes to write their exams without meeting the benchmark disabilities’ criteria.

Benchmark disability means a person with 40 per cent of a speciļ¬ed disability as per the certificate issued by a government authority.

A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said it was the Centre’s responsibility to ensure its “proper and just” compliance.

“Guidelines issued by the respondent number 5 (Centre) pursuant to the directions of this court, have to be enforced, by extending the benefits for PwBD (persons with benchmark disabilities) candidates to all PwD (persons with disabilities) candidates in writing their examinations, without any hindrance,” said the bench.

The court therefore directed the Centre to revisit the office memorandum of August 10, 2022, remove the restrictions and grant relaxations in a “reasonable manner”.

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