The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Union government in response to a petition filed by Pushkaraj Sabharwal, the 91-year-old father of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, who was the pilot-in-command in the fatal Air India Ahmedabad crash that occurred earlier this year.

The Supreme Court on Friday observed that no blame could be attributed to the pilot of the Air India flight to London that crashed in Ahmedabad in June, claiming 260 lives. A Bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a petition filed by Pushkar Raj Sabharwal, father of Commander Sumeet Sabharwal, seeking an independent judicial probe into the tragedy.

The Bench issued a notice to the Union Government and stated the matter will be taken up along with a related case on November 10. Justice Surya Kant addressed the petitioner's concerns, saying, “It's extremely unfortunate, this crash, but you should not carry this burden that your son is being blamed. Nobody can blame him for anything.”