Dismantling of INS Viraat to proceed, SC dismisses plea to make it a museum
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A non-public agency needed to flip the 67-year-old iconic warship into a maritime museum-cum-adventure centre.
The dismantling of INS Viraat, the Navy’s decommissioned plane service, will proceed with the Supreme Court refusing to intervene on behalf of a non-public agency which needed to flip the vessel into a maritime museum-cum-adventure centre.
“Somebody has already paid the money for the ship. The ship has been sold to the respondent (a ship-breaker called Shree Ram Group in Gujarat),” Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde addressed the petitioner, Envitech Marine Consultants Private Limited, represented by Vishnukant Sharma and Rupali Vishnukant Sharma.
Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, for Shree Ram Group, stated the Bombay High Court had allowed Envitech to method the Ministry of Defence with their proposal. But the federal government had maintained a non-committal tone within the High Court and requested Envitech to method the Shree Ram Group with a proposal to re-purchase the ship.
“The HC had allowed you to make a representation and the government has refused. You have not challenged the rejection,” Chief Justice Bobde informed Ms. Sharma, dismissing the petition.
On February 10, the courtroom had ordered a keep on the method of dismantling the ship at an Alang yard in Gujarat. The service was purchased by Shree Ram Group in a bid. The 67-year-old iconic warship was towed to the breaking yard after over a three-decade service within the Navy.
Envitech had first approached the Bombay High Court with their proposal to reclaim the plane service and convert it into a museum. The High Court had requested the federal government to take a name.
Mr. Dhavan had described Envitech as a “fly-by-night operator”. “We don’t even know who they are… I am losing ₹1.6 crore a month and ₹5 lakh a day because of the stay,” Mr. Dhavan had submitted. He had stated that 40% of the warship was already been damaged.
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