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Parliamentarian Swamy Knocks Doors Of HC Against AirAsia Licence

May. 11 Crime, Travel, World Comments

[New Delhi,] Parliamentarian Swamy Knocks Doors Of HC Against Air Asia Licence
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today moved the Delhi High Court seeking “immediate suspension” of flying licence granted to airline AirAsia India alleging that it had obtained it through “fraud”.
The application, also seeking contempt proceedings against three officials of AirAsia for allegedly filing false counter affidavit in the court, was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath, which is hearing Swamy’s plea
Swamy has contended that Company’s one of the officials had made false statement in his counter affidavit filed in court while the other two had acted with the alleged intention of “misleading” the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and DGCA into grant of approvals, permits and permissions.
Malaysia’s largest budget-carrier AirAsia had set up the joint venture with the Tata Group and Telestra Tradeplace to launch the regional airline in India.
In his PIL, Swamy has challenged the clearance granted to the airline on the ground that according to the policy, foreign investment is only permitted for an existing airline but AirAsia India was not an existing carrier.

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