Appointment Denial Quashed for Ignoring Reasonable Accommodation

Sujata Bora Vs Coal India Limited & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) Reasonable Accommodation Is a Fundamental Right: Supreme Court Orders Coal India to Appoint Visually Disabled Woman by Creating Supernumerary Post The Supreme Court allowed the appeal of a visually disabled woman candidate and set aside the Calcutta High Court Division Bench judgment, holding that denial of appointment by Coal India Limited (CIL) violated the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and the constitutional mandate of substantive equality. The appellant had applied in 2019 for the post of Management Train...