The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Union of India other respondents on a petition seeking probe into the “unnecessary” purchase of 111 aircraft for the national carrier costing Rs 67,000 crore to the exchequer.<\/p>\n
The Apex Court bench of Justice HL Dattu and Justice CK Prasad issued notice on a petition by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) seeking Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)\/special investigation team (SIT) probe into the purchase of aircraft and other decisions causing loss to the exchequer.<\/p>\n
The SC also issued notices to CBI, Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and Air India in this case.<\/p>\n
The CPIL has also sought probe into taking on lease aircraft that again dented the exchequer by “thousands of crores of rupees”.<\/p>\n
Besides this, the CPIL has also prayed for probe into the national carrier leaving profitable routes and timings “for the benefit of private airlines”.<\/p>\n
A probe has also been sought into Air India giving away its bilateral rights to foreign carriers. The notice is returnable in four weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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