The Development of Disability Rights in the Indian Supreme Court
In a significant judgment delivered in February 2021, a three-judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court made a seminal contribution in advancing disability rights jurisprudence in India and globally. At...
Toward an Empowering Disability Discourse in the Justice System: The Indian Supreme Court’s Call to Action
Image description: An old woman on a wheel chair being escorted to a polling booth in India. One of the many positive contributions of the Indian Supreme Court’s decision in...
The Husband’s Stitch: A Violation of Patients’ Bodily Autonomy
Image description: Woman in medical uniform looks at a pelvic x-ray The ‘husband’s stitch’ is the practice of placing an extra stitch at the vaginal opening of a patient after...
The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Voluntary Euthanasia, Self-Administration and Disability Discrimination
Image description: Interior of Scottish Parliament debating chamber Scotland will become the first of the UK’s four nations to legalise assisted dying if the Scottish Parliament passes a Bill currently...
Vaccine Mandates in the United States: Multi-level Actors and Rights in Tension: State Mandates (Part II)
Image description: A woman with a vaccine at a mass vaccination site. While private employer vaccine mandates have proven somewhat controversial in the United States, the real source of controversy...
Jayna Kothari on Vikash Kumar
Remedying Individual Injustice: The Supreme Court of India paves the way in Avni Prakash V. National Testing Agency and Ors.
Image description: A person standing at a podium, with a banner reading ‘Accessible India Campaign’. In human rights disputes, courts may be called on to resolve the clash between the...
Has there been a Slip Between Cup and Lip?: Vikash Kumar v UPSC
Image description: The picture of a ramp outside a building as a form of reasonable accommodation. Before finalising the General Comment on Equality and Non Discrimination, the UN Treaty Body...
Vikash Kumar Discourse: A Missed Opportunity in the Realm of Policy Formation
Image description: Parliamentarians at a consultation in India. The judgment pronounced by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud in Vikash Kumar v. UPSC in February 2021 is significant for its norm-setting impact in...
Vikash Kumar: Dignity and Disability Rights at the Indian Supreme Court
Image description: The first page of the Americans with Disabilities Act 1988, as introduced in the Senate of the United States in April 1988. In Vikash Kumar v Union Public...
Disability Rights and the Argument of Misuse: The Indian Supreme Court’s Judgment
Image description: A person reading a book in braille. The 2021 judgment of the Indian Supreme Court in Vikash Kumar v Union Public Service Commission, which mandated that a disabled...
Development of Disability Rights in the Indian Supreme Court
Image description: A picture of the Supreme Court of India. Development of Disability Rights in the Indian Supreme Court is a series of blog posts by the Oxford Human Rights...
