Mumbai: Jeeja Ghosh is awaiting the Supreme Court's judgment on the writ petition that she has filed against SpiceJet. The airline had allegedly insulted her by not letting her travel because she suffers from cerebral palsy.
The 42-year-old teacher from the Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy in Kolkata was all set to travel from Kolkata to Goa on February 19 for a conference in Goa. A spokesperson from SpiceJet had said Jeeja was not carrying her medical documents.Jeeja's petition will come up for hearing on Wednesday. "It is not just about me. This kind of discrimination has been going on for a while. I want the system to change. I want people to know that there are rules which say that an airline cannot forbid a disabled person to travel unless there is a medical condition," said Jeeja, who is in Mumbai to attend a conference.
03/04/12 Pratibha Masand/Times of India
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