Under Section 12 of the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024, rules made by the Central Government for the investigation of aircraft accidents or incidents may, among other matters, prohibit pending investigation:

Section 12(2)(c) of the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024 empowers rules made under Section 12(1) for investigation of aircraft accidents or incidents to prohibit, pending investigation, access to or interference with the aircraft to which an accident or incident has occurred, while simultaneously authorising any person, so far as necessary for the purposes of the investigation, to have access to, examine, remove, take measures for the preservation of, or otherwise deal with, such aircraft. Other matters such rules may address, under Section 12(2), include requiring notice of any accident or incident to be given in a specified manner, applying (with or without modification) provisions of any other law relating to accident investigation, and authorising or requiring the cancellation, suspension, endorsement, or surrender of any licence or certificate where an investigation reveals it ought to be so dealt with. This access-prohibition safeguard is essential to preserve the physical and evidentiary integrity of accident wreckage for accurate cause determination.