Komal Kumar v. Union of India and Anr

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03.11.2017 CM No. 17074/2015

¶1Learned counsel for the petitioner has filed an application seeking amendment of the writ petition (the said application has been necessitated as during the pendency of the present petition, The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 has been enacted and the said Act has expanded the scope of the definition of persons with disabilities. Thus the petitioner's principal grievance appears to have been addressed.

¶2The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that although persons with learning disabilities have been covered under the Act, the standards for measuring Specific Learning Disability has not been specified. He seeks to withdraw the present petition with liberty to file a comprehensive petition specifically bringing out the material facts pertaining to the grievance that still survive.

¶3The petition is dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. VIBHU BAKHRU, J NOVEMBER 03, 2017 pkv

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 9084/2015 & CM 20564-20565/2015, 24315/2016, 17074/2017 KOMAL KUMAR ..... Petitioner Through Mr Rohan Alva, Advocate with Mr Vivek Pahan, Mr Kunal Prakash, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ANR ..... Respondents Through MMs Suparna Srivastava, Ms Ahinda Bhawal, Mr Kavindra Gill, Advocates for Respondent No. 1 and Respondent No. 2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIBHU BAKHRU