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Maharashtra govt to HC: Special board for assessment of disabilities in offing
Updated On: 04 April, 2018 09:37 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
A bench of Justices Ranjit More and Sadhana Jadhav was hearing a petition filed by a city-based medical student who suffers from dyslexia (learning disability)


The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Wdnesday that it is going to set up a special medical board for assessment of disabilities of the students who want to pursue medical courses under the quota for the disabled. A bench of Justices Ranjit More and Sadhana Jadhav was hearing a petition filed by a city-based medical student who suffers from dyslexia (learning disability). Dr Faisal Porkar, in his petition filed through advocate Pooja Thorat, had raised the issue of his difficulty in getting a certificate from the state-run All India Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AIIPMR).
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