The father of the late Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the Pilot-in-Command of the ill-fated Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed in Ahmedabad in June, has moved to the Supreme Court of India seeking a fair, transparent and technically sound investigation into the crash. This comes after the Air India plane crashed at Ahmedabad Airport, taking the lives of around 260 people. 

Captain Sabharwal’s father, while filing a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a fair and technically sound investigation into the matter, requested the apex court to appoint a retired Supreme Court or High Court judge to monitor the probe. While expressing concerns about the impartiality and thoroughness of the ongoing investigation, the father of the late Sumeet Sabharwal filed a writ petition. While filing the petition, the father of the accused argued that the current inquiry lacks the required technical oversight to establish the true causes behind the fatal crash.