GHOSIA RIAZ vs JOINT ADMISSION COMMITTEE FOR ADMISSION IN MEDICAL COLLEGES OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR arts — 2022 PLD 25 HIGH-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR

Case information

Citation: 2022 PLD 25 HIGH-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
Year: 2022
Reporter: PLD
Parties: GHOSIA RIAZ vs JOINT ADMISSION COMMITTEE FOR ADMISSION IN MEDICAL COLLEGES OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR arts

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Judgment text as reported

GHOSIA RIAZ VS JOINT ADMISSION COMMITTEE FOR ADMISSION IN MEDICAL COLLEGES OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR arts. 4(4)(1) & 4(4)(15)---Security of person---Equality of State Subjects---Scope---Use of words such as disability, disorder, physically handicapped, etc. employed in different statutory rules and policy notifications/government circulars are directly in contravention to the constitutionally guaranteed rights under arts. 4(4)(1) & 4(4)(15) of the azad Jammu and Kashmir Interim Constitution act, 1974 and the said unpleasant words sound unhealthy classification resulting mental agony to the people having different abilities---High Court directed the Government to do the needful regarding substitution of words "disability", "physically handicapped", "crippled" etc. with "differently abled persons" or "persons having different abilities" wherever it was written in rules and policy notification, etc. in order to mentally uplift people with different abilities in societal fabric and bring them at par with the general public.

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