Setback for Celebi: HC junks Turkish firm's plea over airport security clearance

NEW DELHI: The Delhi precocious court connected Monday junked the petition of Turkey-based steadfast Çelebi, which challenged the revocation of its information clearance by aviation watchdog Bureau of Civil Aviation Safety (BCAS) successful the "interest of nationalist security".

Earlier connected May 15, BCAS revoked the information clearance of Celebi aft Turkey supported Pakistan and condemned India's onslaught connected panic camps successful Pakistan and PoK. Celebi Airport Services India Pvt Ltd and Celebi Delhi Cargo Terminal Management India Pvt Ltd are liable for crushed handling and cargo terminal functions astatine assorted airports successful India. Celebi has been operating for implicit 15 years and has implicit 10,000 people.

It offers its services astatine 9 airports. The clearance was primitively granted successful November 2022, but the aviation information watchdog deemed Celebi's continued operations successful India "hazardous" successful the existent geopolitical climate."... the information clearance successful r/o Celebi Airport Services India Pvt Ltd is hereby revoked with contiguous effect successful the involvement of nationalist security," the BCAS said successful its order.Centre flags 'unprecedented' threatThe cardinal authorities defended the revocation successful court, arguing that quality inputs raised an 'unprecedented' menace to aviation information linked to Celebi's operations.

On May 19, the authorities formally said that the determination was based connected delicate inputs that indicated Celebi's continued beingness posed a nationalist information risk.Celebi cites earthy justiceRepresenting Celebi, the company's ineligible counsel argued that the Centre's determination violated principles of earthy justice. They contended that the manager wide of BCAS failed to supply a due show-cause announcement oregon connection Celebi a proceeding earlier taking punitive action.