Nainital, Feb. 13 -- Hearing on a public interest litigation seeking measures to ensure safety of passengers on flights operated by Heritage Aviation, the high court has directed the company to submit its reply within two weeks. The matter was taken up for hearing by the division bench of chief justice Ramesh Ranganathan and justice Alok Kumar Verma.
According to the case details, Haldwani resident Ganesh Upadhyay had filed the PIL contending that negligence was being observed in the operation of flights by the said company in the state. The petitioner has claimed that the aircrafts being used by the aviation company went out of production in 1994. The State Government has not accorded importance to safety of the passengers and permitted t...