Jammu, Apr 18 (PTI) In a "significant move", the Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday appointed Suraj Singh, a visually impaired advocate, as government counsel for defending cases before the Jammu and Kashmir High Court here.

An official spokesman termed the decision a “significant move” towards ensuring equal opportunities of growth and development to specially abled who are integral to societal progress and prosperity.

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“There has been, since long, a persistent demand of specially abled persons to give them due representation in government assignments,” he added.

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