Mangalore air crash: HC stays proceedings against AI

Bangalore, Jul 3: The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday stayed the proceedings against Air India and its chief operating officer in a private complaint holding them responsible for the air crash at Mangalore airport on May 22, 2010.

812 Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, had filed a private complaint before the trial court after the investigation into the accident was closed.

The trial court took cognisance of the complaint stating that there was no action on the matter even after four months of complaint and considered it as a 'deemed sanction' by the Ministry of Civil Aviation for prosecution.

Counsel for the petitioners Gurudas Kannur, in his submission said that the respondent, (812 Foundation) filed a private complaint on March 6, 2012 after the entire matter and the investigation was closed.

“ Initially, the investigation proved that the accident was due to the error of pilot. Later, a Court of Inquiry was constituted on June 3, 2010 which also held that the pilots of the aircraft responsible for the crash.

“FIR was filed against Glusico, the pilot and Ahluwalia, the co-pilot. Charges against the co-pilot were dropped later. The matter was closed as the pilot was dead and the Court of Inquiry did not find any negligence on part of the petitioners,” he explained to the Court.

The petitioners claimed that the Foundation had written to Ministry of Home Affairs seeking sanction for prosecuting the petitioners and the MHA had forwarded the request to Ministry of Civil Aviation.

The matter is under consideration. “Under such circumstances, the trial court without hearing the petitioners exceeded its jurisdiction and took cognisance of the complaint. There is no such concept under The Aircraft Rules, 1937,” said Kannur.

Justice K V Keshavanarayana, stayed the proceedings and has adjourned the matter.

Comments

Add new comment

Coastaldigest.com reserves the right to delete or block any comments.
Coastaldigset.com is not responsible for its readers’ comments.
Comments that are abusive, incendiary or irrelevant are strictly prohibited.
Please use a genuine email ID and provide your name to avoid reject.

DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

News Network

October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

Comments