{"id":"f-e550251d2f-7762fb9b-0a13-5331-a85d-6f7d8b67257b","title":"IndiGo fiasco: Delhi HC refuses to hear PIL seeking up to 4x airfare compensation","description":"The PIL said to avoid such a crisis in future, action on six aspects of dominance, refund, compensation, damages, penalty, according to the loss to the economy and contempt for non-compliance with court orders are needed.","timestamp":1765976513,"category":"national_v_two","headline":"IndiGo fiasco: Delhi HC refuses to hear PIL seeking up to 4x airfare compensation","modifiedHeadline":"Court rejects plea for IndiGo airfare relief","subCategories":["scid_2094d3d1"],"region":"IN","bundleMetaData":{"bundleId":"7b48871c-c993-4956-b43d-6f46f8e1b036","bundleTitle":"Today In India","cardData":null},"iabCategoryId":"672","fcSummary":"The delhi high court declined a pil seeking a class action suit against indigo for flight disruptions after the fdlt rollout. The plea requested compensation and a judicial probe, but the court noted a similar case was already being heard, allowing intervention in the pending case.","summary":"Delhi HC refuses to hear PIL seeking up to 4x airfare compensation in IndiGo fiasco. Action needed on dominance, refund & penalty.","ctaUrl":"https://trends.glance.com/newz/India_News/IN/en/cnbc-tv18/f-e550251d2f-7762fb9b-0a13-5331-a85d-6f7d8b67257b","sourceUrl":"https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/indigo-fiasco-delhi-hc-refuses-to-hear-pil-up-to-4-times-airfare-compensation-ws-l-19793949.htm","bannerImage":"https://g-mob.glance-cdn.com/public/fc/image/umH2E0tLQOb0.webp","content":"The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (December 17) refused to hear a PIL seeking a \"class action suit\" against IndiGo airline for the recent disruption and cancellation of flights after the new Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) rollout. The petitioner also sought compensation of up to four times the airfare for the recent fiasco.\n\n
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\n The PIL had also sought a judicial probe into IndiGo, led by a retired judge.\n
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\n The Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela noted that it was already hearing a similar PIL in this case and allowed the petitioner to intervene in the pending case on the IndiGo crisis.\n
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\n The petition also sought to direct the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Department of Consumer Affairs to initiate a \"class action suit\" according to the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act against IndiGo for the suffering and damages caused to the passengers due to the crisis in the last couple of months.\n\n
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\n According to the petitioner, Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC), through its president, Prof Vikram Singh, the IndiGo fiasco has triggered widespread concern across the aviation sector, and due to sudden disruption and last-minute cancellation of thousands of flights, stranded passengers faced severe inconvenience.\n
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\n The plea, filed by advocates Virag Gupta, Shourya Tiwari and Rupali Panwar, said airports were overflowing with misdirected pieces of baggage, excessive holdups, inadequate communication from the airlines and confusion regarding refunds or re-booking options.\n\n
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\n The PIL said to avoid such a crisis in future, action on six aspects of dominance, refund, compensation, damages, penalty, according to the loss to the economy and contempt for non-compliance with court orders are needed.\n
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\n On December 16, crisis-hit IndiGo said it cancelled 110 flights across its network due to disruptions caused by bad weather at Delhi airport.\n
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\n The Delhi High Court, on December 10, had questioned the central government for not taking timely action to check the crisis caused by IndiGo flight cancellations and asked why the situation was allowed to precipitate, with lakhs of passengers stranded and other airlines charging hefty fares.\n","readDurationInMinutes":"4","author":{"name":"CNBC TV18","logo":"https://glance-mob.glance-cdn.com/public/bubble/jpeg/ecc3d19b-fc52-4a39-881c-5b0936ae723b.jpeg"},"ism":false,"analyticsResponses":[{"measurementId":"383191425","type":"COMSCORE"}],"pointerSummary":["Delhi HC declines PIL for class action suit against IndiGo over flight disruptions.","Petitioner sought compensation & judicial probe; court cites similar pending PIL.","Ministry urged to initiate suit under Consumer Protection Act; IndiGo's crisis."],"tags":["IndiGo","DelhiHighCourt","PIL","FlightCancellations","AirfareCompensation","FlightDutyTimeLimitation","FDTL","CivilAviation","ConsumerProtectionAct","CentreForAccountabilityAndSystemicChange","VikramSingh","MinistryOfCivilAviation","DepartmentOfConsumerAffairs","PassengerRights","AirlineIndustry","FlightDisruptions"],"consent":true,"redirectionEnabled":false}

IndiGo fiasco: Delhi HC refuses to hear PIL seeking up to 4x airfare compensation

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