New Delhi, July 13 -- The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to place on record, within two weeks, the rules framed under the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024, a legislation intended to modernise the country's civil aviation framework.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta asked the Centre to submit the rules before the court in a sealed cover, regardless of whether they have been laid before Parliament.

The counsel appearing for the Centre informed the bench that the draft rules are ready and they are in the process of translation. The counsel said the rules have to be placed before Parliament.

"We grant two weeks' time to the respondents to place before this court in a sealed cover the rules which have been fram...