HC junks probe plea into missing Malaysian aircraft
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:9.9.19
The Madras high court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking to conduct a ‘scientific investigation’ to trace Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared on March 8, 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport.
The Boeing 777-200ER aircraft had 227 passengers and 12 crew members onboard. Communication between the air traffic control and the aircraft was lost around 38 minutes after takeoff when the flight was over the South China Sea.
Four years later in May 2018, the search for the missing flight was called off by the Malaysian authorities.
While so, claiming that he witnessed a plane crashing into the sea while he was visiting St Antony’s churn in Trivandrum on March 8, 2014, the petitioner Biju Kumar has approached the court seeking direction to the authorities to order carry out a scientific investigation to trace the aircraft.
When the plea came up for hearing, a division bench of Justices M Sathyanarayanan and N Seshasayee wondered how the petitioner could move this high court when the incident happened in the territory within the jurisdiction of the Kerala high court.
To this, the petitioner submitted that since the Malaysian consulate is only in Chennai he had approached the Madras high court.
Refusing to accept his contentions, the bench dismissed the plea. Though the bench warned of imposing cost on the petitioner for wasting judicial time, the court refrained from doing so.
Claiming that he saw a plane crashing into the sea while he was in Trivandrum on March 8, 2014, the petitioner approached the court seeking a scientific investigation to trace the aircraft
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:9.9.19
The Madras high court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking to conduct a ‘scientific investigation’ to trace Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared on March 8, 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport.
The Boeing 777-200ER aircraft had 227 passengers and 12 crew members onboard. Communication between the air traffic control and the aircraft was lost around 38 minutes after takeoff when the flight was over the South China Sea.
Four years later in May 2018, the search for the missing flight was called off by the Malaysian authorities.
While so, claiming that he witnessed a plane crashing into the sea while he was visiting St Antony’s churn in Trivandrum on March 8, 2014, the petitioner Biju Kumar has approached the court seeking direction to the authorities to order carry out a scientific investigation to trace the aircraft.
When the plea came up for hearing, a division bench of Justices M Sathyanarayanan and N Seshasayee wondered how the petitioner could move this high court when the incident happened in the territory within the jurisdiction of the Kerala high court.
To this, the petitioner submitted that since the Malaysian consulate is only in Chennai he had approached the Madras high court.
Refusing to accept his contentions, the bench dismissed the plea. Though the bench warned of imposing cost on the petitioner for wasting judicial time, the court refrained from doing so.
Claiming that he saw a plane crashing into the sea while he was in Trivandrum on March 8, 2014, the petitioner approached the court seeking a scientific investigation to trace the aircraft
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