Jeeja Ghosh v. Union of India (Order 2021 + earlier cases)
Legal Issues
- Rights of disabled persons during air travel.
- Need for human-dignity-based aviation rules.
Court Reasoning
- Forcing disabled persons to be manually lifted is inhumane.
- Removing prosthetic limbs/callipers during checks violates dignity and privacy.
Held Principle
- DGCA must revise CAR rules incorporating dignity-based protections.
- No forced manual lifting; no compulsory removal of prosthetics for security checks.