Direct Discrimination

ERT Case Summary: Alekseyev v Russia (Applications nos. 4916/07, 25924/08 and 14599/09)

This is the ERT case summary of the European Court of Human Rights decision in Alekseyev v Russia (application nos. 4916/07, 25924/08 and 14599/09). The Court found a violation of Article 14 (right to non-discrimination) in conjunction with Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association). The case summary sets out the reference details, facts, legal arguments and decision of the case.

ERT Case Summary: Dalco Engineering Private Ltd v. Shree Satish Prabhakar Padhye & Ors with Fancy Rehabilitation Trust & Anr v, Union of India & Ors, [2007] 1886

On 31 March 2010, the Supreme Court of India, considering the cases of Dalco Engineering Private Ltd v. Shree Satish Prabhakar Padhye & Ors and Fancy Rehabilitation Trust & Anr v. Union of India & Ors, held that the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995 was not applicable to private companies.

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