The PIL had also sought a judicial probe into IndiGo, led by a retired judge.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On December 16, crisis-hit IndiGo said it cancelled 110 flights across its network due to disruptions caused by bad weather at Delhi airport.
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.
