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The Supreme Court ordered the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, to admit Kabir Paharia, a 19-year-old with 42% locomotor disability, into its MBBS program under the Scheduled Castes-Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (SC-PwBD) quota for the 2025-26 academic year, despite being labelled ineligible by the National Medical Commission.
In its May 2 order, the bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta condemned systemic discrimination, stating: "Reasonable accommodation is not charity but a fundamental right under Articles 14, 16, and 21."
Kabir, diagnosed with congenital absence of multiple fingers in both ha...