More than half of the District Court complexes in the country do not have ramps, only 25.2% have availability of wheelchairs, and just 5.1% have tactile paving to assist persons with visual impairments in navigating the court building, said a recent report by the Centre for Research and Planning of the Supreme Court.
The first-of-its-kind report, released on December 15, sheds light on the glaring inadequacies in the infrastructure of District Courts across India, raising serious concerns about the impediments faced by people with disabilities in accessing justice.
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