Newly-sworn-in Civil Aviation Minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia assigned first task by Bombay HC

Jyotiraditya Scindia, the newly-sworn-in Union Civil Aviation Minister, has been 'assigned his first task’ by the Bombay High Court.

The minister has been asked to formulate a new nationwide policy for the naming and renaming of airports.

Referring to a June 24 gathering, demanding that the upcoming airport in Navi Mumbai be named after the late parliamentarian DB Patil, the court said it would like to know the present position of draft policy

The High Court further added that a draft policy had been formulated in 2016 to name airports after cities and not individuals. However, it said the current status of such policy was not known