PwD Candidates Scoring Above Cut-Off Still Treated As Reserved: SC Raises Alarm
Published on: Sept. 13, 2025, 9:59 a.m. | Source: Free Press Journal
Bench of Justices Vikram Nath & Sandeep Mehta observed that while caste-based reservation allows candidates who qualify in the open category to be treated as general candidates, the same practice is not applied to PwDs. It said denying such “upward movement” defeats the purpose of reservations under Section 34 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, Bar & Bench & Live Law reported.
