Disability Rights: A Call to Our CJI to Champion this Cause with All His Might
As a disabled person who served as one of Justice Chandrachud’s judicial clerks and witnessed his commitment to accessibility and disability rights, I hope that he ensures that this cause receives sustained institutional attention.
This opinion was published in Hindustan Times on November 17, 2022.
About the Authors
Rahul Bajaj is Senior Associate Fellow, Partnerships, in the Research Director’s Office. He manages Vidhi’s partnerships with academic institutions, think-tanks and other mutually beneficial partnerships. He also works on developing grassroot networks and collaborative partnerships in select areas of Vidhi’s work. He is responsible for coordinating research work in the Research Director’s Office, in particular on Vidhi’s research projects related to COVID-19. Rahul studied law at the University of Nagpur, graduating as the gold medallist in the university. After working at Trilegal, Delhi’s disputes practice for a year, he pursued his postgraduate legal education at the University of Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. On returning to India, Rahul clerked for Supreme Court judge D. Y. Chandrachud before joining Vidhi.