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Plea to let deaf drive: HC reserves order on PIL - The Times of India
Hopes of more than five crore hearing-impaired persons will be pinned on the Delhi high court this year after HC on Monday wrapped up hearings into a PIL, filed by National Association of the Deaf, that seeks driving licences for the deaf.
A division bench led by the Chief Justice reserved for orders the PIL whose outcome will be keenly awaited by many. As of now, the Motor Vehicles Act prohibits the deaf from obtaining a driver's licence on the ground that they could be a source of danger to the public.
During the various hearings on the issue, the judges have questioned the logic behind the move to ban deaf from driving on the roads, wondering why they shouldn't be permitted to at least appear in the driving tests conducted by the transport department. All such issues are expected to be settled by the HC bench in its verdict.
Hopes of more than five crore hearing-impaired persons will be pinned on the Delhi high court this year after HC on Monday wrapped up hearings into a PIL, filed by National Association of the Deaf, that seeks driving licences for the deaf.
A division bench led by the Chief Justice reserved for orders the PIL whose outcome will be keenly awaited by many. As of now, the Motor Vehicles Act prohibits the deaf from obtaining a driver's licence on the ground that they could be a source of danger to the public.
During the various hearings on the issue, the judges have questioned the logic behind the move to ban deaf from driving on the roads, wondering why they shouldn't be permitted to at least appear in the driving tests conducted by the transport department. All such issues are expected to be settled by the HC bench in its verdict.