Supreme Court Asks Centre to Justify Exclusion of Haemophilia Patients from PwD Quota in UPSC

The Supreme Court has directed the Central government to explain its rationale for excluding persons with haemophilia from the list of specified benchmark disabilities eligible for reservation in UPSC examinations.

A bench questioned the exclusion, noting that haemophilia is a recognised disability under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

The court was hearing a petition challenging the government's notification that omitted haemophilia from the list of disabilities for which reservation is provided in civil services posts, seeking parity with other recognised disabilities.

[Prema Ram Vs Union of India]