Mumbai, April 22 -- In a significant development over difficulties faced by senior citizens and specially-abled persons at airports, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday appointed a three-member expert committee, headed by retired Andhra Pradesh High Court judge Justice Goda Raghuram (also an ex-Director of the National Judicial Academy), to examine all issues faced by them related to wheelchair and other facilities.
The panel will also consist of consumer activist Shirish Deshpande (chairman of Mumbai Grahak Panchayat) and a senior official from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The committee was formed by a division bench, comprising Justices G S Kulkarni and Advait Sethna, during the hearing of two petitions -- one filed by...