The apex court on Friday (Feb 15) issued notice to Delhi government on an appeal seeking direction to purchase low-floor buses which are differently-abled friendly in the national capital.

A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna passed the order on a plea filed by activist Nipun Malhotra who works for the rights of differently-abled people and has contended that standard-floor buses are not differently-abled friendly, as they were fitted on a truck wheelbase, and their height made it difficult for differently-abled to board the vehicle.

The Delhi High Court had in last year allowed AAP govt to purchase 500 low-floor buses categorically saying that these buses should have hydraulic lifts, for enabling differently-abled people to easily board and deboard.

—India Legal