News
Volume 7 Issue 7 - April 01, 2010
Supreme Court orders immediate reinstatement of teacher with Cerebral Palsy
D.N.I.S. News Network, India: Syed Bashir-ud-din Qadri, a teacher with Cerebral Palsy, finally got justice. The Supreme Court stood by Qadri while ticking off the Jammu and Kashmir government for not only being insensitive to a physically disabled person but also for being cruel in ignoring his exceptionally good track record as a teaching guide (Rehbar-e-Taleem).
Despite his handicap, Qadri completed his graduation from the University of Kashmir in February 2004. Qadri was employed as a Rehbar-e-Taleem, a teaching guide under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan since 2005.
Soon thereafter, some mischievous elements filed a complaint with the Director of Education that Qadri being a person with cerebral palsy was not fit to be appointed as a teaching guide. The matter reached the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. They held that Qadri, due to speech and writing difficulty, would find it tough to perform the duties of a teacher.
The Director of Education's expert committee made an on-the-spot inquiry and found that Qadri was well versed with the subject he taught and did justice to his teaching duties. Inspite of that, in 2007, Qadri’s appointment was quashed by the High Court, compelling him to move to the Supreme Court.
A bench comprising Justices Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph said in their judgment, "His performance as a teacher was reflected in the exceptionally good results that he achieved in his discipline in the classes taught by him. It is unfortunate that inspite of the positive aspects of the appellant's functioning as a teaching guide and the clear and unambiguous object of the law, the High Court adopted a view which was not compatible therewith."
The bench has asked the state to immediately reinstate Qadri and pay all arrears treating as if Qadri's services had never been terminated.
(External Website)
DNIS is produced and managed by:
National Centre for
Promotion of Employment
for Disabled People
Screening Guidelines to be followed by CISF Security Staff for Passengers with Disabilities at Indian Airports
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill
Mental Health Care Bill
CRPD Monitoring Report
National Policy
20 Stories of Change(book)
Nominations open for NCPEDP- Mphasis Universal Design Awards 2016.
- List of Awardees 2015 :NCPEDP MPHASIS Universal Design Awards (2.7 MB)
- List of Awardees 2014 :NCPEDP MPHASIS Universal Design Awards (1 MB)
- List of Awardees 2013 :NCPEDP MPHASIS Universal Design Awards (1.44 MB)
- List of Awardees 2012 :NCPEDP MPHASIS Universal Design Awards (804 KB)
- List of Awardees 2011 :NCPEDP MPHASIS Universal Design Awards (864 KB)
- List of Awardees 2010 :NCPEDP MPHASIS Universal Design Awards (623 KB)
Press Release
SHELL HELEN KELLER AWARDS
NCPEDP-Shell Helen Keller Awardees 2013
Features
Interview
- "My office is always open, we look forward to inputs from the disability sector", Dr. C. Chandramouli
- If the disabled population is counted correctly there will be no space for the government to deprive us from our rights
News
- 5th meeting of the National Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (N.C.R.P.D.) held on March 17
- M.S.J.E. to form an ‘Expert Committee’ to study the demand for a new law
- Radical amendments to the National Trust Act proposed
- Urban Development Ministry forms Sub Group to harmonise access guidelines
- Justice A.P. Shah endorses the idea of a National Disabilities Advisor
- M.S.J.E. announces vacancy for the position of C.C.P.D.
- Dates for West and South Zone Consultations finalised
- Supreme Court orders immediate reinstatement of teacher with Cerebral Palsy
- High Court reserves seats for dyslexic students in Delhi University
- Disabled Officer all set to become Major General
Additional Links
Disability News and Information Service is produced and managed by:
National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (External Website)
C-43, South Extension, Part
- II,
New Delhi
110 049, India
Tel: 91-11-26265647, 26265648
Fax: 91-11-26265649
E-mail: secretariat@ncpedp.org
Website:
www.ncpedp.org (External Website)