‘Make hearings easily accessible to physically challenged lawyers, litigants’: D Y Chandrachud
Dumping the responsibility of making the filings accessible on specially-abled lawyers would be like serving a file in a foreign language to an able-bodied lawyer, Justice Chandrachud wrote. Updated: December 24, 2020 7:06:39 am
Justice D Y Chandrachud has written to HC chief justices.
With virtual courts here to stay, Supreme Court judge, Justice D Y Chandrachud, has called upon High Court Chief Justices to do the needful to make hearings more easily accessible to physically challenged lawyers and litigants.
In a letter to the CJs, Justice Chandrachud, who also heads the SC’s eCommittee, pointed out that the creation of accessible infrastructure, including digital infrastructure, and an appropriate support system in the judiciary for lawyers and litigants with disabilities, is imperative in order to create a level playing field.