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Committee constituted to conduct accessibility audit of Supreme Court premises

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New Delhi: To make the Supreme Court premises disabled friendly, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has constituted a committee headed by Supreme Court judge Justice S Ravindra Bhat to conduct an audit of physical and functional access to the top court.
According to the notice uploaded on the apex court website, the “Supreme Court Committee on Accessibility” has been given a broad mandate to prepare and release a questionnaire for persons with disabilities, including the Supreme Court employees, advocates, litigants and interns, who visit the apex court premises to assess the nature and extent of problems they face. “The Chief Justice of India has been pleased to constitute a committee namely the ‘Supreme Court Committee on Accessibility’ to conduct an accessibility audit of physical as well as functional access to the Supreme Court chaired by Justice S Ravindra Bhat, Judge, Supreme Court of India,” the notice stated.
The committee will conduct an accessibility audit of the top court premises and its functioning extending to both physical as well as technological accessibility.

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It said one of the broad mandates of the committee is to carry out any other activity required to conduct the accessibility audit.
The committee will prepare a report on the accessibility audit, results of the survey of persons with disability and recommendations/proposals geared towards removing the barriers to access.
The other members of the committee include Dr Sanjay Jain, professor of National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, Shakti Mishra, librarian nominated from the top court, V Sridhar Reddy, advocate nominated by the Supreme Court Bar Association and Nilesh Singit, independent accessibility expert nominated by the Centre for Disability Studies (NALSAR University of Law), while additional registrar of the Supreme Court, Ajay Agrawal, is the member (secretary) of the committee.

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RJD’s Abdul Siddiqui clarifies his remarks on Muslims in India

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Patna: RJD leader and former Bihar minister Abdul Bari Siddiqui who recently triggered a row after alleging a bias against Muslims in India and stating that he had advised his children to get jobs and settle abroad, on Friday said that he had made the remarks at an event where ex-judges, bureaucrats and intellectuals were present.
“I said it at an event where ex-judges, bureaucrats and intellectuals were present. I had asked that if students get an opportunity here, why will they go abroad? Some people are using India for their political gains,” Siddiqui said today. “There are lot of majority communities doing business and getting citizenship in other countries,” he added.
Speaking at an event in Bihar last week the RJD leader said, “I have a son who attends Harvard University and a daughter who has passed out from the London School of Economics. I told my son and daughter to work there (abroad) only, to get citizenship if they can.”
“I told them that the atmosphere (in India) is such that I don’t know whether they will be able to bear it or not,” Siddiqui is heard saying in a video of the event held last week and which has been shared widely on social media.

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Siddiqui’s remark came under criticism from BJP leaders. BJP MLA from Ranchi C P Singh hit out at Siddiqui’s remarks and said, “If he is feeling afraid he must be afraid. If he wants to go from country, he must go and also take others along with them.” “This is Modi’s Nation. Everyone is equal here. No one is special,” he added.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah reacting to Abdul Bari Siddiqui’s statement said, “It’s true that hatred has increased in India but leaving the country is not a solution. We’ve to stay united and finish it (hatred).”
“If this country has to survive, people of all religions should practice brotherhood,” he added.

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