HC directs DGCA, Aviation Ministry to probe into ‘optional safety features’
The Delhi High Court has directed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Ministry of Civil Aviation to consider the PIL seeking investigation into the presence of ‘optional safety features’ in the airplanes in India and frame guidelines accordingly.
The Division Bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice C Harishankar has directed the DGCA and the Ministry of Civil Aviation to consider the PIL as a representation and decide the same expeditiously.
The court was hearing a PIL filed by lawyer Yugansh Mittal seeking direction to the DGCA and the Ministry of Civil Aviation to set up a commission to investigate the presence of ‘optional safety features’ in airplanes in India and framing of guidelines regulating the practice of having ‘optional safety features’ in airlines, while disposing of it.
