New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) A plea in the Supreme Court has sought a court-monitored probe into the June 12 Air India crash that killed 260 persons, including passengers, crew and civilians.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi tagged the plea with a pending matter raising a similar concern.

The top court asked the petitioner, Akhilesh Kumar Mishra, a research scholar at Delhi University and practising advocate, to serve the copy of the petition to the attorney general and the solicitor general.

Senior advocate Rajiv Shakdher, appearing for the petitioner, said his client was seeking a fair probe into the tragic incident.

The plea filed through advocate Shubham Upadhya sought the court’s intervention to “ensure a fair, transparent, and court-monitored investigation" into the

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