The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Maldivian Airlines challenging a penalty of Rs1 lakh imposed by the immigration office for flying a British National into Mumbai who did not hold a valid visa, in 2013.
A division bench of justice SC Dharmadhikari and justice GS Patel, while rejecting the petition filed by Island Aviation Services Limited that operates the airline, said: "To accept that every airline or
carrier can allow any passenger to board without checking whether that passenger has valid entry papers and it will then be for the immigration authority to either issue an entry document or to deport the passenger in question.
This would nullify the whole of the Carriers' Liability Act and would also pose an unacceptable risk from the security perspective."
20/01/16 Mustafa Plumber/DNA
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A division bench of justice SC Dharmadhikari and justice GS Patel, while rejecting the petition filed by Island Aviation Services Limited that operates the airline, said: "To accept that every airline or
carrier can allow any passenger to board without checking whether that passenger has valid entry papers and it will then be for the immigration authority to either issue an entry document or to deport the passenger in question.
This would nullify the whole of the Carriers' Liability Act and would also pose an unacceptable risk from the security perspective."
20/01/16 Mustafa Plumber/DNA
