New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- A Special CBI Court at Rouse Avenue has taken note of a closure report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a case concerning alleged irregularities in aircraft leasing by Air India and officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

The court has issued notice to the Centre for Public Interest Litigation, the complainant, and will consider the report on March 12, 2026.

The case stems from an FIR registered on May 29, 2017, following directions of the Supreme Court of India to examine allegations raised in a public interest petition regarding aircraft leasing decisions taken when Praful Patel headed the civil aviation ministry.

In 2024, the CBI filed the closure report in one of four cases linked to leasin...