Disabled Suffer: Over 410 railway cases pending trial
MUMBAI: More than 400 cases registered by the railway police since last year for illegal travel in coaches for the handicapped haven't gone to trial yet. Reason being the state has failed to set up a special court <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/special-court> to try offences committed against thedisabled <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/disabled>. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act provides for a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh if an able-bodied commuter is found guilty of travelling in a compartment reserved for the disabled. 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Able-bodied commuters, many of them government servants or off-duty policemen, throng handicapped compartments during peak hours. There have been instances of disabled commuters suffering injuries after they fell out of the coach. The RPWD Act replaced the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995, and was framed to make Indian law compliant with the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. LATEST COMMENT *At present charge them Rs. 500/- and forget. Besides that Rs. 1 Lakh is hefty penalty. by mistake also person can board. So some reasonability should be there.**Meri Soch* In April 2017, the Supreme Court had directed special courts to be set up in every district within three months. Not a single such court has been set up in Mumbai yet. The first case under the Act was registered against a RPF officer, VG Sable, on August 19, 2017 by theKurla <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Kurla> GRP. A polio-afflicted commuter, Sagar Bornare, had filed the complaint. A senior GRP official said initially they lodged cognizable offences. But later, directions were given that illegal travel in handicapped coaches constitutes a non-cognizable (NC) offence. "But for investigating and making arrests in NC complaints, the law requires a prosecuting agency to take court permission. In the absence of special courts, we can't even take these permissions. As a result, 410 cases are pending trial," he said. Security agencies are left with no option but to apply the Indian Railways <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/indian-railways>Act where the fine is a mere Rs 500. Able-bodied commuters, many of them government servants or off-duty policemen, throng handicapped compartments during peak hours. There have been instances of disabled commuters suffering injuries after they fell out of the coach. The RPWD Act replaced the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995, and was framed to make Indian law compliant with the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In April 2017, the Supreme Court had directed special courts to be set up in every district within three months. Not a single such court has been set up in Mumbai yet. The first case under the Act was registered against a RPF officer, VG Sable, on August 19, 2017 by theKurla <https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Kurla> GRP. A polio-afflicted commuter, Sagar Bornare, had filed the complaint. A senior GRP official said initially they lodged cognizable offences. But later, directions were given that illegal travel in handicapped coaches constitutes a non-cognizable (NC) offence. "But for investigating and making arrests in NC complaints, the law requires a prosecuting agency to take court permission. In the absence of special courts, we can't even take these permissions. 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