Issue required certificate to law student seeking scribe for upcoming exams due to Fibromyalgia: Kerala HC to doctors

Kerala High Court
Thiruvananthapuram: Considering a petitioner's need for reasonable accommodations in her academic pursuits, the Kerala High Court directed the District Medical Officer, Thrissur ('DMO') and the Superintendent of the Thrissur General Hospital to constitute a Medical Board to issue the required certificate to a 22-year-old law student to avail the assistance of a scribe for writing her upcoming exams.
A single bench Justice T.R. Ravi said "There will be an interim direction to respondents 5 and 6 to consider Exts.P7 and P8 and constitute a Medical Board for issuing required Certificate to the petitioner if the petitioner is entitled to avail Scribe for writing the exams which are notified to commence from 20-11-2023. Necessary Certificates shall be granted on or before 18-11-2023."
The order was delivered after the petitioner alleged that she submitted representations to the Principal of the College and the Controller of Examinations, seeking the aid of a scribe for writing the exam, after the University notified the commencement of the 7th semester on November 20, 2023. However, the authorities informed the petitioner that she must obtain a certificate from the Medical Board established at the District Hospital, Thrissur, in order to engage a scribe.
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