Bombay HC dismisses plea by Vijaypat Singhana questioning use of colonial era code in aircraft

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed petition by Vijaypat Singhania, former chairman emeritus of Raymond Group and a registered pilot, along with Pune-based businessman Vijay Sethi, seeking directions to the civil aviation ministry to approach the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to get a new code or registration alphabets for all aircraft in the country.

Singhania had questioned through his petition as to why aircraft in India continue to use ‘VT’ (Victorian or Viceroy Territory) as their nationality or country code even after seven decades of the end of the colonial rule.