Education/Educational Institutions: Admission – Disability – Color Blindness –Diploma course in Editing in the Films and Television Institute of India – Appellant, colour blind person excluded from pursuing a course for Diploma in Editing in the Films and Television Institute of India, Pune(FTII) – Previous order by this Court that the appellant has to go through the process of selection de novo due to his color blindness – Appellant relying on the principle of reasonable accommodation, tried to persuade this Court to revisit its earlier observations – Thereafter, constitution of an expert Committee to opine on the aspect of colour blindness as a disqualification for admission in various courses – Recommendation by the Committee that individuals with color blindness should be permitted to enroll ‘for all courses’ offered by FTII and the color grading module in the existing Diploma in Film Editing Course curriculum, should either be excluded or made elective – Accepting the majority opinion of the Committee, it is held that the individuals with color blindness are required to be adopted by the FTII in its curriculum – Said direction would also be applicable to other film and television institutes following a similar educational curriculum – However, due to the passage of time and the earlier order passed by the Court, no relief could be granted to the appellant.
Maqbool Fida Hussain v. Rajkumar Pandey & Ors., (2008) SCC Online Del 562; Vikash Kumar v. Union Public Service Commission & Ors. (2021) 5 SCC 370; Pranay Kumar Poddar v. State of Tripura & Ors., (2017)
13 SCC 351: [2017] 2 SCR 797 – referred to.
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