Air India under Supreme Court scanner

The Supreme Court has admitted for hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging a major scam during the tenure of Praful Patel as the Civil Aviation Minister in the UPA-I government.
The PIL alleges "Scandalour and mala fide actions" under the minister's pressure driving the national charter Air India into heavy loss.
It quotes in support a resolution of the Air India's board passed on November 29, 2011 admitting "the scam in purchase and leasing of aircraft and attempts to quantify the loss."
The petition filed by Delhi Advocate Kamini Jaiswal on behalf of the Centre for Public Interest through senior advocate Prashant Bhushan has sought a thorough criminal investigation by CBI or a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to fix responsibilities, as already recommended by a Parliamentary committee, but ignored by the government. It says such a probe will bring to book the culprits who indulged in brazen corruption as "corruption at high places is destroying the very soul of the Constitution and resulting in severe violation of the fundamental rights of the citizens."
14/09/12 Rediff.com

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