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SC unhappy over non-compliance of its order on making buildings disabled-friendly, says courts are not running governments

<span style="color: #222222;">The Supreme Court today criticised the Centre over non-compliance of its earlier verdict of making public institutions disabled-friendly and said the government had to follow the law and order.<br />''<br />'' A bench of Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan asked the Centre to file a fresh affidavit within four weeks giving details of the steps taken so far and the timeline for completing the work as given in its December last year's verdict.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The apex court, in a fresh order seeking to make judiciary disabled-friendly, especially for visually impaired people, issued notices to the registrar generals of all high courts and the secretary general of the Supreme Court.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The top court had on 15th December 2017 passed a slew of directions, including that all government buildings providing any services to the public be made fully accessible to differently-abled persons by June 2019 as per provision of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.</span><br />''  <br />

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