<p>The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed dismantling of aircraft carrier INS Viraat following its decommissioning by Indian Navy. </p>.<p>A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde, and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian passed an interim order to the Union government on a plea by the Mumbai-based private firm Envitech Marine Consultants Private Ltd.</p>.<p>The petitioner firm contended it wanted to preserve the ship as a maritime museum. It offered to buy the ship for about Rs 100 crore, which it claimed has been ordered for dismantling for just Rs 38 crore.</p>.<p>INS Viraat, the aircraft carrier, was decommissioned in 2017 after 30 years service to Indian Navy. It was subsequently sold to a ship breaking company as scrap for dismantling at Alang in Gujarat.<br /> </p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed dismantling of aircraft carrier INS Viraat following its decommissioning by Indian Navy. </p>.<p>A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde, and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian passed an interim order to the Union government on a plea by the Mumbai-based private firm Envitech Marine Consultants Private Ltd.</p>.<p>The petitioner firm contended it wanted to preserve the ship as a maritime museum. It offered to buy the ship for about Rs 100 crore, which it claimed has been ordered for dismantling for just Rs 38 crore.</p>.<p>INS Viraat, the aircraft carrier, was decommissioned in 2017 after 30 years service to Indian Navy. It was subsequently sold to a ship breaking company as scrap for dismantling at Alang in Gujarat.<br /> </p>
