Ravinder Kumar Dhariwal v. Union of India (2021)
Legal Issues
- Scope of reasonable accommodation under equality jurisprudence.
- Difference between PwD Act 1995 S. 47 and RPwD Act 2016 S. 20.
- Equality has formal and substantive components; reasonable accommodation is essential to substantive equality.
Court Reasoning
- Disability is a social construct—barriers create disability.
- S. 20 RPwD Act imposes a broad duty to prevent discrimination and ensure reasonable accommodation.
Held Principle
- Exemptions from the Act cannot defeat the basic right to non-discrimination.
