The Supreme Court has granted four months to the Madhya Pradesh High Court to implement its judgment earlier this year which held that visually impaired persons cannot be denied the opportunity of employment in judicial services. 

 

 

A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan noted the submission of the counsel appearing for the Madhya Pradesh High Court that it was in the process of finalising the rules in consultation with the state government and grated four months to report compliance. In a land mark judgement in March this year the supreme court had  struck down provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Judicial Service Rules that excluded visually impaired persons from the judicial services.

 

 

In another case, the Supreme Court has reiterated that the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 does not apply to members of Scheduled Tribes. A Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra set aside a direction issued by the Himachal Pradesh High Court, which had held that daughters in tribal areas of the State would inherit property in accordance with the Hindu Succession Act and not as per the tribal customs.