‘Frame policy for docus for disability certs'
A division bench of Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam and Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das issued the directive after counsel for the petitioners, Kaushik Gupta, highlighted the disparate documents sought from people applying for Unique Disability Identity Cards under UDID.
"R G Kar insists on a permanent residence certificate from the councillor though NRS does not," Gupta said.
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and voter ID cards, passport, passbook and parents' driving licence could be relied on as residence proof. The CJ directed the authorities to frame a uniform policy for all hospitals in the state.
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The counsel said at NRS Hospital, persons with disabilities had to go to the basement for scrutiny.
"There is no ramp to the basement, forcing them to use the stairs," Gupta said. The CJ said ramps were mandatory at hospitals, and the state PWD should act immediately.
HC welcomed the state move to give patients with muscular dystrophy, and rare diseases, with free supportive drugs for two months. State counsel Tapan Kumar Mukherjee said the state was considering hiking monthly stipend of such patients from Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000.
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