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In 2014, V Surendra Mohan, a practicing advocate, applied for the post of a Civil Judge in Tamil Nadu. His application was rejected on the ground that he was 70% blind. This resulted from Tamil Nadu s policy of reserving the post only for persons whose percentage of blindness did not exceed 40-50%. He challenged this policy before the Supreme Court, arguing that this arbitrary eligibility criteria deprived him of a post that he was otherwise entitled to as per his marks and interview. In 2019, the Supreme Court upheld the state s exclusionary policy as reasonable, just, and fair , given that judicial officers need to possess a reasonable amount of hearing, sight and speech to discharge their functions. Since it was considered extremely difficult, even impossible for a blind person to perform judicial functions, the Court found that reservations were far from advisable to prevent avoidable complications . This judgment is a grim reminder of how ableism, or d ....

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