Mumbai: The first aircraft carrier of Indian Navy INS Vikrant, headed for the scrapyard, got another life when the Supreme Court blocked its demolition.
Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan has ordered a status quo on the entire matter till the next hearing. The court has also issued notices to the defense ministry and other concerned parties.
The ship was due for going to the scrapyard on May 17 after the sale the same through an e-auction to Mumbai-based IB Commercials Pvt. Ltd.
The petitioner-activist Kiran Paigankar told IANS that they had made a plea to the apex court to stay the scrapping and give a chance to other state governments to ‘adopt’ it and ‘recreate’ it.

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