A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing pleas, including one filed by the father of late Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the Pilot-in-Command of Air India flight AI-171 that crashed June on 12, 2025, seeking an independent, court-monitored investigation into the tragedy

Pinky Mali`s father Shivkumar Mali said that the truth must come out and that his daughter should receive justice. He also said he found substance in the suspicions expressed by Rohit Pawar and NCP legislator Amol Mitkari