Wednesday, January 28, 2015

HC issues notice to Centre, IB on Greenpeace activist’s plea against her offloading from plane

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to Union Home Ministry and Intelligence Bureau on a petition filed by Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai against her being offloaded from a London-bound flight at Delhi airport earlier this month. Justice Rajiv Shakdher also issued a notice to Immigration Department seeking its response. They have been told to reply in a week.
The court, meanwhile, has also directed the government agencies to take instructions on Pillai’s interim application seeking permission to travel to UK on February 11 for the same cause for which she was travelling on January 11 — to make a presentation before British MPs about the alleged human rights violation at Mahan in Madhya Pradesh.
Senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for Pillai, also requested the court to quash the lookout circular issued against her by the Home ministry.
29/01/15 Indian Express
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