The Airports Authority of India (AAI) had, last month, decided to relax the height restrictions for the construction of buildings around the Navi Mumbai airport from 55.1 meters to 160 meters.
High court
The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Mumbai suburban district Collector to indicate steps for the demolition of 48 obstacles (unauthorized portions of buildings) violating height norms in the vicinity of the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
Bombay HC judge refers to Runway 34, and states everything depends on air traffic control in aviation, anything can happen with one mistake, reports PTI.
Air India has been at loggerheads with employees residing in company accommodations in Mumbai and Delhi for months now. With just a month left for the eviction deadline, the worker unions are now taking the legal route.
The Meghalaya High Court directed the state government to file a preliminary statement on building a new airport or expanding the existing one, as the Airport Authority of India (AAI) tells extension of runways at Shillong Airport may not be possible.
The Madras High Court on Friday rejected a plea from Air Corporation Employees Union to control the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation from disinvesting its 100 percent shares in Air India Limited to Tata Group without carrying appropriate measures to protect the terms and conditions of service and the rights of the workers.
The airline company is challenging the Madras High Court division bench order that had on December 7 upheld its single judge’s decision to wind up the company.