Cerebral Palsy could not impede 31-year-old Nikhil Prasad Baji from becoming a judge

Pune: It is a story about grit and determination, and surmounting all odds.

31-year-old Nikhil Prasad Baji from Pune has been suffering from Cerebral Palsy since birth.

He is all set to become a civil judge of junior division in February this year.

According to the Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy, cerebral palsy refers to a group of disorders that affect movement. It is a permanent, but not unchanging, physical disability caused by an injury to the developing brain, usually before birth.

Speaking to ANI, Baji said, ''I always accepted the way I am. Even in childhood when children used to play cricket I also felt like playing. But due to my disability, I could not. So I decided to become an Umpire and decided that if I can't play cricket then I can become a good Umpire.''

"I liked political science from the beginning. Hence, I had in mind from beginning only that I should do law and I did practice in court to understand the court functioning,'' he added.

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