New Delhi, Nov 11 (Inditop.com) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the defence ministry and the directorate general of military training for alleged bias against disabled children in admission to military schools across India.
A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar was hearing a public interest petition filed by Social Jurist, an NGO, against an advertisement for admission to class VI in the military schools across the country.
The advertisement invited applications only from medically-fit children.
Ashok Agarwal, the advocate for the petitioner, said the advertisement is contrary to the provisions of Persons with Disabilities Act.
The court asked the ministry and the army to reply by Dec 16.
