May 3, 2011 8:21 PM

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Delhi HC issues contempt notices to 9 sacked ICPA office bearers

The Delhi High Court today issued contempt notices to nine sacked office bearers of the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) for disobeying its order to call-off the on-going strike in Air India which entered the seventh day. The court has asked the matter to be renotified on the 25th of this month. A division bench headed by Justice B D Ahmed , which heard the matter thrice during the day, said, the pilots are not understanding the gravity of being prosecuted for the contempt of court. The bench has asked all the nine persons to remain present in the court on the next date of hearing and gave them two weeks time to respond to the contempt notices.Meanwhile, railways has decided to run a Rajdhani type superfast special train between New Delhi to Mumbai to cater to the growing demand of passengers stranded due to the ongoing Air India pilots' strike. According to the Northern Railways official, the New Delhi-Mumbai Central superfast special train will depart from New Delhi Railway Station at 11.35 pm on Thursday to reach Mumbai Central at 8.55 pm the next day. On return journey, the special train will depart from Mumbai Central at 7.45 pm on 7th May to reach New Delhi at 5.10 pm the next day.

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