HC asks Railways if any job available for disabled girl

Justice Rajiv Shakdher also asked the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to report back "if it is in a position to provide prosthetic limbs with silicon padding of international standard."

The court made the queries while hearing Mehjabeen's plea for a compensation of Rs 50 lakh for loss of her legs, which had to be amputated after the mishap, and posted the matter for January 3, 2013.

Mehjabeen had moved the court in 2010 seeking direction for safety of general public at metro stations including availability of ambulance service at each busy station and a compensation of Rs 50 lakh for her loss.

She had also sought a government job for herself.

Mehjabeen, a student of journalism, was waiting for the metro train along with her mother Ayesha, when a man rushing through the crowd had landed on the tracks and had taken her along in front of the approaching train.

An NGO had provided her artificial legs enabling her to walk properly seven months after the incident, she told the high court adding that neither DMRC nor the Centre, however, gave her any job to be self-reliant.

DMRC had offered her a compensation of Rs four lakh after the mishap, she had added.