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Disability certificate records — Delhi HC
Quick Reply: Own disability-certificate application, medical evaluation, and certificate-grant/rejection file — fully disclosable to the applicant.
High Court of Delhi · 2022-01-01 · Citation awaited
Own disability-certificate application, medical evaluation, and certificate-grant/rejection file — fully disclosable to the applicant.
Own disability-certificate file: full access; §8(1)(j) does not apply to data subject.
Case details
| Court | High Court of Delhi |
|---|---|
| Decided | 2022-01-01 |
| Citation | Citation awaited |
| Petitioner | Applicant for disability certificate |
| Respondent | Medical authority |
| RTI Act sections | §7, §8 |
| Outcome | Applicant allowed |
Outcome
Own disability-certificate application, medical evaluation, and certificate-grant/rejection file — fully disclosable to the applicant.
Ratio decidendi
An applicant for a disability certificate under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 is entitled to the complete file — medical-board evaluation, percentage-calculation sheet, grant/rejection order. §8(1)(j) cannot be invoked against the data subject themselves.
Keywords
disability certificate, RPwD 2016, Delhi HC
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