Supreme Court of India

Jeeja Ghosh & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2016] 4 S.C.R. 638

Bench A.K. Sikri and R.K. Agrawal JJ.

Decided 12 May 2016

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that suitable provision in the training module itself be provided in this behalf as well.

Judgment, page 38

From the headnote

Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 - Public Interest Litigation - By a differently abled person - Alleging that she was de-boarded from aircraft (of private airlines) due to her disability - Plea that the act resulted in agony, humiliation and emotional trauma - And it amounted to violence to her human dignity and infringed her fundamental rights guaranteed u/Art. 14 and 21 of the Constitution - Held: The problems of the differently a bled are to be viewed from human rights perspective - Persons with disabilities do not need

Where later benches applied it

2025 IN RE: RECRUITMENT OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN JUDICIAL SERVICES versus relied on
2024 Omkar Ramchandra Gond v. The Union of India & Ors. relied on
2023 Mohamed Ibrahim v. The Chairman & Managing Director & Ors. relied on
2021 Vikash Kumar v. Union Public Service Commission & Ors. relied on
2018 Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2025 Reena Banerjee and Another v. Government of Nct of Delhi and Others referred to
2025 L. Muruganantham v. State of Tamil Nadu & Others referred to
2024 Rajive Raturi v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2024 Sukanya Shantha v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2024 Nipun Malhotra v. Sony Pictures Films India Private Limited & Ors. referred to
2023 Kaushal Kishor v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2022 Aishat Shifa v. The State of Karnataka & Ors referred to
2021 Ravinder Kumar Dhariwal & Anr. v. The Union of India & Ors. referred to
2021 Lt. Col. Nitisha & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2017 Rajive Raturi v. Union of India and Ors. referred to
2017 Justice K S Puttaswamy (retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors. referred to
2026 Dr. Jaya Thakur v. Government of India mentioned

Of those, 5 relied on · 11 referred to · 1 mentioned

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