The Delhi high court on Wednesday admitted a petition by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy seeking quashing of the clearance granted to AirAsia India Pvt. Ltd to start an airline as the government had overlooked several issues related to foreign control and policy in granting it.
The court has given the government four weeks to respond to the petition and this could lead to a delay in the launch of the new airline which was widely expected to start this fiscal and help stem high fares as per a report in the Livemint.
The bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Pradeep Nandrajog asked the government to “file an affidavit explaining the government’s policy on the issue” in four weeks.
The four respondents are the Centre, Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), commerce and civil aviation ministries. AirAsia India is a new airline company in which Malaysia’s AirAsia Bhd has a 49% stake, Tata Sons has 30%, and Arun Bhatia’s Telestra Tradeplace Pvt. Ltd owns the rest.
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