New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- The Supreme Court on Monday took a dim view of the various baseless theories being floated in the media over what went wrong with the Gatwick-bound Air India flight that crashed near the Ahmedabad airport on June 12, killing 260 people.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh termed such misrepresentation of the tragic accident as an "unfortunate and irresponsible kind of behaviour" and expressed concern over the premature conclusions being drawn in the public domain.

The Court was hearing a plea filed by Safety Matters Foundation, an NGO focused on aviation safety, which has sought a transparent, fair, independent, and expeditious inquiry into the crash. Appearing on behalf of the petitioner, Advocate...