Supreme Court steps in to ensure ‘dignified life’ for octogenarian, visually impaired son
Supreme Court directed the Odisha State government to ensure that they receive all eligible social security benefits and basic amenities so that they can live a “dignified life”. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court has come to the aid of an octogenarian woman and her visually impaired son from Bagadia village in Odisha’s Subarnapur district, taking suo motu cognisance of newspaper reports highlighting the dire conditions in which they were living. The court directed the State government to ensure that they receive all eligible social security benefits and basic amenities so that they can live a “dignified life”. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice V. Mohana issued the directions in a suo motu case registered on Monday (June 15, 2026) concerning the welfare of persons with disabilities living in extreme poverty. The Bench observed that its concern was not whether welfare schemes merely existed on paper, but whether the mother and son were actually able to avail the benefits to which they were entitled under various …






