New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Centre, the CBI and the Central Vigilance Commission on a petition seeking probe by either the CBI or a special investigation team (SIT) into the functioning of the civil aviation ministry during 2004-2008.
The Delhi High Court had turned down the petition. Hearing an appeal by NGO 'Centre for Public Interest Litigation', which said the Delhi HC had erred in not ordering a probe even after finding that "all is not well" with Air India, a bench of Justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad sought the response of the concerned agencies.
The apex court's decision to entertain the petition on Air India scam, just a week after it agreed to take up a PIL on Coalgate, will add to the woes of a beleaguered UPA government reeling under political fire over corruption and price hike.
22/09/12 Dhananjay Mahapatra/Times of India
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The Delhi High Court had turned down the petition. Hearing an appeal by NGO 'Centre for Public Interest Litigation', which said the Delhi HC had erred in not ordering a probe even after finding that "all is not well" with Air India, a bench of Justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad sought the response of the concerned agencies.
The apex court's decision to entertain the petition on Air India scam, just a week after it agreed to take up a PIL on Coalgate, will add to the woes of a beleaguered UPA government reeling under political fire over corruption and price hike.
22/09/12 Dhananjay Mahapatra/Times of India
