Karnataka High Court Directs Police To Register Visually Challenged Person's Complaint Under PwD Act Instead Of Relegating Him To Common Law Remedy

The Karnataka High Court has made it clear that a disabled person raising a complaint under provisions of the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act, cannot be directed to seek relief under common law remedy. A single judge bench of S R Krishna Kumar allowed the petition filed by visually challenged Basavanand Swamigalu and set aside a communication issued by the police rejecting his...