IndiaRights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017, Rule 3(2), Establishment Complaints on Disability Discrimination
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017, rule 3(2)
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A disability discrimination rule binding public and private bodies.
As of .
What it requires
- If you head a Government establishment, or a private establishment employing twenty or more persons, and you receive a complaint from an aggrieved person regarding discrimination on the ground of disability, either initiate action in accordance with the provisions of the Act, or inform the aggrieved person in writing as to how the impugned act or omission is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim (rule 3(2)).
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Penalty structure
Section 89 sets a fine that may extend to ten thousand rupees for a first contravention, and for any subsequent contravention a fine of not less than fifty thousand rupees that may extend to five lakh rupees; the cap shown is the maximum for a subsequent contravention. Section 89 applies to a contravention of the Act or of a rule made under it.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Currency
- INR
- Fixed cap
- 500,000
What it reaches
Instrument type
a regulation made under an act
Applicability criteria
- As of
- Combinator
- Any of
- Criteria
- the head of the Government establishment
- a private establishment employing twenty or more persons
What this law does
Rule 3(2) requires the head of a Government establishment, or of a private establishment of the size the rule sets out, who receives a complaint of discrimination on the ground of disability from an aggrieved person to take one of two steps. The head must either initiate action in accordance with the provisions of the Act, or inform the aggrieved person in writing as to how the impugned act or omission is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.