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Disability & Other Bias
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Still time to apply to Scottish Solicitors’ Benevolent Fund
9+ hour, 30+ min ago (169+ words) The Scottish Solicitors’ Benevolent Fund is open for applications. Shelley Matheson, vice president, Scottish Law Agents Society and trustee, Scottish Solicitors’ Benevolent Fund, said: “It’s no secret we’re living through a cost of living crisis, and even people in professional…...
Missouri man admits fake combat, medal and ALS claims in VA fraud
8+ hour, 8+ min ago (286+ words) An 80-year-old Independence, Missouri, man has pleaded guilty in federal court to fraudulently obtaining $124,262 in disability-related payments from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs after admitting he fabricated claims about combat service, military decorations, and a medical diagnosis. James Lyon admitted…...
J&K Govt terminates probation of an employee & discharged him from service over prolonged unauthorized absence
9+ hour, 53+ min ago (54+ words) Cross Town News JAMMU, Sept 16: The Jammu and Kashmir Govt has terminated the probation of MTS employee Mir Omar Bin Farooq and discharged him from service over prolonged unauthorized absence. Order copy with CTN read as under:-...
Supreme Court Rejects Centre’s Disability Pension Appeals; Holds Armed Forces Personnel Retain Benefit of Doubt and Government Must Disprove Link With Military Service — Raw Law
10+ hour, 19+ min ago (1323+ words) The Supreme Court dealt with a large batch of Civil Appeals and Special Leave Petitions filed by the Union of India concerning disability pension claims of retired Armed Forces personnel, with the lead matter being Union of India & Ors. v. Col....
Supreme Court dismisses 271 appeals against ex-servicemen disability pension
11+ hour, 50+ min ago (484+ words) A Bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe held that the Union must still discharge the burden of establishing that a disability was neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service. The appeals arose from orders of…...
2008 Disability Pension Rules Substantially Retain Beneficial Scheme of 1982 Rules; Onus Ordinarily Remains on Employer: Supreme Court - Law Trend
12+ hour, 4+ min ago (243+ words) The Court referred to Para 2.4.8 of the 2015 Raksha Mantri Committee of Experts Report, which observed: Undertaking a comparative evaluation between the 1982 and 2008 regimes, the Bench held that even though Rule 5 of the 2008 Rules removed the entry-level presumption of sound health…...
'Army's Burden To Prove Disability Was Not Due To Service': Supreme Court Dismisses Union's Appeals Against Disability Pension
14+ hour, 7+ min ago (437+ words) 16 Sept 2026 8:59 AM IST A bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe delivered a judgment while hearing the Union's appeals against the orders of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) and various High Courts which had granted disability pension…...
Call to Action: Tell San Francisco Not to Mess with the ADA!
20+ hour, 8+ min ago (523+ words) San Francisco is involved in a 20-year-old lawsuit about whether its parks, playgrounds, and public facilities are accessible. The case is called Kirola v. City and County of San Francisco. The case is currently on appeal before the Ninth Circuit. In…...
Surrey Pretrial Services wins human rights case after denying inmate's cane
23+ hour, 1+ min ago (343+ words) Published 11:13 am Tuesday, September 15, 2026 The BC Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a disability discrimination case lodged against Surrey Pretrial Services Centre and Fraser Regional Correctional Centre for taking away an incarcerated man’s cane. Connor Madden told the tribunal he needed…...
Palm Springs Human Rights Commission weighs volunteer patrol to enforce disabled parking rules ⋆ The Palm Springs Post
1+ day, 6+ min ago (449+ words) A subcommittee’s proposal, modeled on a Fremont, Calif., program, is one option under review as the city studies how to police handicap spaces on private property. The Palm Springs Human Rights Commission’s Disability Access Subcommittee outlined a proposed action plan…...