The Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday that it has fast-tracked the framing of rules under the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024, which is aimed at modernising India’s aviation sector, and that the same would be finalised within three weeks.
The government placed the draft rules before a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta in a sealed cover, and said some final discussions are going on.
“You publish this within seven days,” the bench said, adding, “If airlines are not complying, ground them.”
Additional Solicitor General Anil Kaushik, appearing in the matter for the Centre, told the bench that the rules would be finalised within three weeks.
“We have fast-tracked the framing of rules. Give us three weeks, we will come out with the finalised version,” he said.
The court was hearing a plea filed by social activist S Laxminarayanan, who has sought a robust and independent regulator that ensures transparency and passenger protection across the civil aviation sector an
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