evidence: Finally, the Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016, recognises disability from a sociological perspective rather than a medical one. It recognises ‘acid attack victims’ as persons with a specified disability. This allows survivors to get a disability certificate. Those with benchmark disabilities, i.e. those who have 40% or more ‘disfigurement’, are entitled to reservations in government jobs. They are also entitled to other benefits under Chapters VI and VII of the Act, including free education for their children. The recent Vikash Kumar judgment on the Act clarified the importance of rights granted to people with less than 40% of disabilities as well. The private sector is also obliged to make reasonable accommodations and issue an equality policy. It remains to be seen how, or whether, this will be implemented with respect to acid attack survivors.