The court then directed the railway authorities to justify their stand on not providing facilities to disabled persons at certain stations.

When the court asked the Railways that if they were refusing to make arrangements by choice, the railway council failed to give China nylon rollers Manufacturers a satisfactory explanation to the court.Earlier, the counsel for the petitioner Gayatri Singh, said that even though toilets are provided, they are locked at most of the stations.

Moreover, very few railway stations have set up water taps and booking windows that are accessible to disabled passengers. Sayed was hearing a public interest litigation filed by city-based NGO India Centre for Human Rights and Law, contending that even though legal provision mandate authorities to provide special facilities for the disabled, no steps were taken by the Railways.A.A division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice A.

The Bombay high court has slammed the Railways after both Central and Western Railways expressed their inability to make any arrangements for disabled persons at certain stations.The lawyer representing Railways told the court that they would be unable to make arrangements such as a ramp, low-height windows, escalator on six stations of Western Railway and 11 stations of Central Railway.Acting on the PIL, the court had earlier directed the railway administration to provide various facilities such as disabled-friendly toilets, staircase steel railings on foot over bridges, installation of water taps and setting up of booking window at a lower level to make these accessible to wheel-chair-bound people