The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by petitioner Narendra Kumar Goswami. The PIL sought an independent audit of Air India’s safety practices and maintenance procedures in the wake of the June 2025 Ahmedabad plane crash, cautioning that one tragic incident should not become an occasion to single out the airline.
A two-judge bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi stated that focusing on a single airline, Air India, was too narrow. They argued that if the goal was passenger safety, any new regulations should apply to all carriers, not just one. The judges noted that a single “unfortunate event” shouldn’t be used to single out or criticize one airline.
Air India has begun a “phased restoration” of its international operations and will return to a full roster of flights – i.e., before the June 12 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad – by October 1 of this year, the airline’s CEO, Campbell Wilson, said in a company statement on August 6.
“The court, however, questioned why the petitioner was only focusing on one airline. ‘If you want to create a new regulatory system, you need to include all airlines, even foreign ones,’ the bench stated. ‘You should first approach the relevant authorities with your suggestions, and we are confident they will listen.'”
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