New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Thursday asked the CBI to file a report relating to alleged lobbying by AirAsia India while trying to get international flying rights in violation of foreign investment norms and dismissed a plea by BJP leader Subramanium Swamy seeking interim stay on the airline's application.
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar directed the agency to file the report in a sealed cover and listed the matter for final disposal on September 26.
The court said: "We are not inclined to grant the stay prayed for..." and dismissed Swamy's application in which he has sought a stay on the AirAsia India's plea for an international permission/licence to fly internationally.
The application was filed in a pending petition challenging the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted by the Centre to AirAsia (India) Pvt Ltd.
The court noted that an interim order was passed in February 2014, declining a similar relief to Swamy on the ground that the court did not have the power to judge an economic policy of the government.
In the other application seeking to know the status of the investigation in the criminal case, Swamy has said he had sent a complaint and letters to the CBI in March and July, last year regarding the investigation against AirAsia for alleged criminal breach of trust and misappropriation.
The plea said as per media reports, the CBI has been probing AirAsia India Pvt Ltd in connection with the alleged corruption in attempts to get an international operation clearance from the government.
Besides CBI, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has lodged a money laundering case against some of the officials of AirAsia in the matter.
The application said the investigation conducted by the CBI was very relevant and crucial for adjudication of this petition since it has raised questions on the decisions and issues which are being probed by the agency.
11/07/19 PTI/Times of India
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A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar directed the agency to file the report in a sealed cover and listed the matter for final disposal on September 26.
The court said: "We are not inclined to grant the stay prayed for..." and dismissed Swamy's application in which he has sought a stay on the AirAsia India's plea for an international permission/licence to fly internationally.
The application was filed in a pending petition challenging the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted by the Centre to AirAsia (India) Pvt Ltd.
The court noted that an interim order was passed in February 2014, declining a similar relief to Swamy on the ground that the court did not have the power to judge an economic policy of the government.
In the other application seeking to know the status of the investigation in the criminal case, Swamy has said he had sent a complaint and letters to the CBI in March and July, last year regarding the investigation against AirAsia for alleged criminal breach of trust and misappropriation.
The plea said as per media reports, the CBI has been probing AirAsia India Pvt Ltd in connection with the alleged corruption in attempts to get an international operation clearance from the government.
Besides CBI, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has lodged a money laundering case against some of the officials of AirAsia in the matter.
The application said the investigation conducted by the CBI was very relevant and crucial for adjudication of this petition since it has raised questions on the decisions and issues which are being probed by the agency.
11/07/19 PTI/Times of India
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