SC stays HC order for access to cemetery in Mumbai airport

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today stayed the Bombay High Court order that allowed access to the land reserved for a Muslim cemetery falling within the boundaries of the Mumbai international airport.
A Bench headed by Justice B N Agarwal, while issuing a notice to the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, the Airport Authority of India and others stayed the High Court ruling of March 19 which asked the former to provide access to Saher Muslim Society, the petitioners before the High Court, for the use of land reserved for cemetry way back in 1975.
"In these days, when more accidents are occuring at the airports, we require more cemetries...," the Bench said as the court burst into a laughter.
Mumbai Internation Airport Ltd (MIAL), which is managing and operating the Mumbai airport, said the access can only be provided through the airport property, divide the land unnaturally and this would come in the way of planned development of the airport.
15/09/09 PTI/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Sep 2009