New Delhi, July 22 -- The Delhi High Court has sought the response of the Central Government on a petition seeking mandatory inclusion of Indian Sign Language (ISL) interpretation as an accessibility feature in the public exhibition of feature films.

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued notice on the plea and directed the Centre to file its counter affidavit within three weeks, while granting the petitioner three weeks thereafter to file a rejoinder.

The matter has been directed to be listed in the category of differently-abled persons on September 2.

The petition has been filed by India Signing Hands through Advocates Amritesh Mishra and Amar Jain. It seeks a direction to the Union Government to amend the "Guidelines on Accessibility S...