Contravention in the Air? Simpliflying!
Thanks to the Ministry's clarification, departmental officers can now travel by private airlines, which are swarming the Indian skies. The other day one of the officers traveled by the airline, which granted a "simplyflying" experience. He was not that thrilled by the air travel for it did not grant any comforts to him which he had heard that airlines offer - no charming airhostesses, no food (food to be purchased on board) and no pre-seating arrangements. But at the end of the day, he was happy that he did not have to shell too much from his pocket for he went hungry! However, two issues that he noticed would be fodder for the agencies to investigate - he found the airline interiors spluttered with advertisements of a premier news channel and so also the outer body of the aircraft. Probably Service tax payment by the airline!. The other was that packaged commodities were sold at a premium by the staff on the airline - probably this was in violation of Section 4A of the Central Excise Act or for that matter the Standards of Weights & Measures Act. Or is it that
anything done in the skies does not apply in the AIR. Simply because the Acts apply to any contravention done on land!