Context: The Supreme Court urged corporates and investors to consider the inclusion of persons with disabilities not just as a mere “compliance issue” but also as a “strategic advantage” that would enhance their business performance, resilience, and social impact.
- The judgment, co-authored by a Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan, is the second in two months with which the Supreme Court is stepping in to highlight that business corporations not only do lead a profit-only existence but also have a constitutional duty to contribute to the society and environment.
- The Bench exercised the court’s extraordinary constitutional powers under Article 142 to direct Coal India Limited to give Sujata Bora, who has multiple disabilities, a supernumerary post with a separate desk and specially-designed computer at its North Eastern Coalfields office in Assam.
Source: The Hindu