From "objects of Sympathy" to "subjects of Rights": Reimagining Disability Rights in India With "doctrine of Substantive Equality" and "doctrine of Reasonable Accommodation"
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: FROM "OBJECTS OF SYMPATHY" TO "SUBJECTS OF RIGHTS": REIMAGINING DISABILITY RIGHTS IN INDIA WITH "DOCTRINE OF SUBSTANTIVE EQUALITY" AND "DOCTRINE OF REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION" Harshita Tholiya, Research Associate at High Court of Judicature, Allahabad, (India) Manik Tindwani, Advocate at Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur (India) Download Manuscript doi.org/10.70183/lijdlr.2026.v04.174 Indian disability law has moved far from treating “persons Indian disability law has moved far from treating “persons with disabilities” as “objects of sympathy” to treating them as “especially abled individuals” as “subjects of rights”, but ground reality is still far aloof from this doctrinal vision. This paper challenges charity model and medicalised view that disability lies mainly in defective body or mind. It argues that Indian law now speaks different language.
Authors: Harshita Tholiya, Manik Tindwani
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7162093415