Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Monday highlighted the need to enhance the might of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to match that of other countries in the backdrop of the recent crash of a Mirage trainer aircraft and the death of two pilots in Bengaluru.
The Chief Justice was heading a Bench hearing a plea from advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava for a judicial inquiry into the crash. The hearing began with the Chief Justice asking Mr. Srivastava about the aircraft and the era to which it belonged. “What generation fighter is the Mirage,” he asked. When Mr. Srivastava could not answer, the Chief Justice upbraided him.
