9 Feb 2024 2:41 PM GMT
The Supreme Court on Friday (February 9) agreed to hear a curative petition filed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) against the multinational conglomerate GMR Group concerning the operational management of Nagpur's Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport.
During today's hearing, the union government emphasised its pivotal role in airport affairs falling under its jurisdiction, asserting that it had been unjustly excluded from previous legal deliberations. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta underscored the indispensability of the union's involvement in cases pertaining to airport operations, in defence of the request to reopen the case. Conversely, Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhavi, representing GMR Group, pointed to the government's substantial stake in MIHAN to argue that it was adequately represented in prior legal proceedings.
"We will list it for a more detailed consideration," Chief Justice Chandrachud said after hearing the submissions of the parties. Accordingly, he pronounced -
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