The Delhi High Court today said it would consider asking some visually impaired persons to examine the new currency notes and coins recently issued by the government to see if they faced problems differentiating between the various denominations. 

A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar made the observation after the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) told the court the new currency has been introduced after consulting and taking into account .. 

The court asked the Centre to file an affidavit on the steps it was taking to make the coins discernible from each other and listed the matter for next hearing on March 7. 

The bench was hearing PILs filed by three advocates, a company secretary and NGO All India Confederation of Blind, who had sought a change in the new currency notes to make them easily identifiable and differentiable for the visually impaired. 

The PIL by advocate Rohit Dandriyal sought direction .. 

Source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/will-ask-visually-challenged-to-examine-new-notes-hc/articleshow/62949216.cms