The Federation of Indian Airlines and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy have now dragged the venture between the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines to court by appealing against the aviation ministry's recent nod to it.
While the FIA, a lobbying body of local carriers filed a fresh application on April 15, Swamy on April 20 filed an impleadment application on April 20 including the Tatas and Singapore Airlines in an earlier appeal against the government as per an ET report.
To implead is to sue in court in response to an earlier pleading. Swamy had in end February filed an application that the government had violated the FDI policy by allowing investment in a new carrier. That appeal was in relation to the Tata Group's venture with Malaysian carrier AirAsia.
The next hearing for the appeal is tomorrow. The venture got the NOC on April 2 and will now apply to the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation for an air operator's permit.
"This is contempt committed by the government. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board also didn't examine effective control while giving the nods," he said. A spokesman for Tata Sons didn't immediately respond to queries.
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