New Delhi, March 19 -- The Supreme Court has held that the percentage of disability cannot be treated as determinative of a candidate's capability or suitability for public employment, underlining that the State carries a positive obligation to ensure equal opportunity and provide reasonable accommodation to persons with disabilities. A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta made the observation while ordering the Himachal Pradesh government to appoint a lawyer with 90% permanent locomotor disability as an assistant district attorney (ADA), setting aside the state's decision to deny him the post despite his success in the selection process. P4...