‘No Jet, no Etihad’: Subramanian Swamy withdraws from SC his 2013 plea in opposition to Airways deal
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NEW DELHI: BJP chief Subramanian Swamy on Friday withdrew from the Supreme Court his 2013 plea searching for quashing of an alliance between Jet Airways and the Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways.
“I wish to withdraw this, it is the Jet-Etihad matter. Now there is no Jet, no Etihad,” Swamy informed a bench of Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar.
The bench then remarked in a lighter vein, “We have no idea who’s chargeable for that. Taking observe of his submissions, the highest court docket allowed Swamy to withdraw his plea.
“The petitioner seeks permission to withdraw in view of subsequent developments. The petitioner stands dismissed as withdrawn,” the bench mentioned whereas granting him liberty to file a recent software, if there’s any new reason behind motion.
The apex court docket had issued notices to the Centre, Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of External Affairs, Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Directorate General of Civil Aviation and others within the case.
Swamy had submitted that the deal was in opposition to public curiosity as there was squandering of pure useful resource i.e. the sky and air house.
He claimed that the deal was cleared in opposition to the recommendation of the Parliament Select Committee and different advisory our bodies.
Swamy had additionally submitted that even the CAG has discovered that there was reckless allocation of air house to international airways.
Jet Airways had on April 24, 2013 introduced plans to promote 24 per cent fairness to Etihad Airways for about Rs 2,058 crore as a part of a strategic alliance that might result in a serious enlargement of their world community.
Swamy had in his PIL sought “a path to put aside and revoke any motion or resolution or grant of any additional approvals/permissions/permits, and so forth.
by the respondent(govt) authorities, primarily based upon, relying upon or in furtherance of the impugned bilateral dated April 24.
“The petitioner challenges such arbitrary, irrational and malafide act of grant of largesse in the form of bilateral/MoU dated April 24 and by way of the present petition seeks an investigation under the supervision of this Court into the matters of national and public interest,” he had mentioned in his petition.
He had additionally sought a CBI probe in opposition to authorities officers who had cleared the deal.
Swamy had questioned the Centre’s resolution to execute the settlement in favour of Abu Dhabi beneath the prevailing air service settlement between the governments of India and United Arab Emirates.
“The actions of authorities from execution of the bilateral to the unprecedented haste in order to assist the realisation of wrongful gains by the facilitator are writ large with acts of collusion and abuse of position,” the petition had contended.
NEW DELHI: BJP chief Subramanian Swamy on Friday withdrew from the Supreme Court his 2013 plea searching for quashing of an alliance between Jet Airways and the Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways.
“I wish to withdraw this, it is the Jet-Etihad matter. Now there is no Jet, no Etihad,” Swamy informed a bench of Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar.
The bench then remarked in a lighter vein, “We have no idea who’s chargeable for that. Taking observe of his submissions, the highest court docket allowed Swamy to withdraw his plea.
“The petitioner seeks permission to withdraw in view of subsequent developments. The petitioner stands dismissed as withdrawn,” the bench mentioned whereas granting him liberty to file a recent software, if there’s any new reason behind motion.
The apex court docket had issued notices to the Centre, Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of External Affairs, Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Directorate General of Civil Aviation and others within the case.
Swamy had submitted that the deal was in opposition to public curiosity as there was squandering of pure useful resource i.e. the sky and air house.
He claimed that the deal was cleared in opposition to the recommendation of the Parliament Select Committee and different advisory our bodies.
Swamy had additionally submitted that even the CAG has discovered that there was reckless allocation of air house to international airways.
Jet Airways had on April 24, 2013 introduced plans to promote 24 per cent fairness to Etihad Airways for about Rs 2,058 crore as a part of a strategic alliance that might result in a serious enlargement of their world community.
Swamy had in his PIL sought “a path to put aside and revoke any motion or resolution or grant of any additional approvals/permissions/permits, and so forth.
by the respondent(govt) authorities, primarily based upon, relying upon or in furtherance of the impugned bilateral dated April 24.
“The petitioner challenges such arbitrary, irrational and malafide act of grant of largesse in the form of bilateral/MoU dated April 24 and by way of the present petition seeks an investigation under the supervision of this Court into the matters of national and public interest,” he had mentioned in his petition.
He had additionally sought a CBI probe in opposition to authorities officers who had cleared the deal.
Swamy had questioned the Centre’s resolution to execute the settlement in favour of Abu Dhabi beneath the prevailing air service settlement between the governments of India and United Arab Emirates.
“The actions of authorities from execution of the bilateral to the unprecedented haste in order to assist the realisation of wrongful gains by the facilitator are writ large with acts of collusion and abuse of position,” the petition had contended.
