The Centre was asked today to reply to Ravi Rishi-led Vectra group's aviation firm, Global Vectra Helicorp Ltd's plea against the government's recent decision to withdraw its security clearance, leading the DGCA to scrap its permit to operate its fleet of choppers.
Issuing notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on the plea by GVHL, Justice Vipin Sanghi sought their replies by May 15.
The court also asked the MHA to place on its record by the next date of hearing the original files of the aviation firm, belonging to the Ravi Rishi’s Vectra group, which is the largest shareholder in Tatra Holdings owning the Czech truck manufacturer Tatra and is facing CBI probe for allegedly supplying trucks at exorbitant price to the Indian Army.
The court issued notices on GVHL's
petition, filed through its counsel Sandeep Bajaj.
The Ministry of Home Affairs on May
7 had withdrawn GVHL's security clearance, leading the DGCA to scrap the firm's
permit to operate here.
Appearing for GVHL, senior counsel N
K Kaul submitted the government has failed to establish the basis on which the decision
was taken in the name of security.
He said the CBI probe against Ravi
Rishi, who is one of the directors of the company and has three percent stake
in it, cannot be the basis for blacklisting a company which has been supplying
the choppers for various purposes in the country since 1998.
DGCA's counsel Anjana Gosai said
once the MHA withdraws the security clearance, the DGCA is bound to withdraw
the permit to operate the helicopters. (MORE)
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