New Delhi, March 3 -- In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court today held that visually impaired persons cannot be denied the opportunity of employment in judicial services. A bench comprising justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan had reserved the judgement on six petitions. Pronouncing the verdict, Justice Mahadevan said that persons with disabilities must not face any discrimination in their pursuit of judicial service recruitment and that the State must provide them with affirmative action to ensure an inclusive framework. The Apex Court struck down a provision in the Madhya Pradesh Judicial Services (Recruitment and Conditions of Services) Rules, 1994, barring visually impaired and low vision candidates from judicial service in th...