US EditionIndiGo Crisis: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Plea on Flight Cancellations, Directs Petitioner to Delhi HC
Supreme Court declined to hear PIL on IndiGo disruptions citing ongoing Delhi High Court case; petitioner may return if issues persist after HC ruling.
- On Monday, the Supreme Court of India declined to entertain a PIL on IndiGo Airlines' operational collapse and directed petitioner Narendra Mishra to approach the Delhi High Court.
- Pilot shortages and Phase-II Flight Duty Time Limitation rollout problems triggered chaos, the PIL contended, alleging a 'humanitarian crisis' affecting vulnerable passengers including senior citizens, infants and those with medical needs.
- IndiGo reported steady normalisation, operating more than 2,000 flights for a second day and over 2,050 on December 12 with only two cancellations, while DGCA relieved four Flight Operations Inspectors amid its probe.
- The bench granted liberty and noted Mishra may return to the apex court if grievances survive after the HC’s order, with the matter listed for January 22, 2026.
- The HC criticised the Centre for allowing a situation affecting lakhs of passengers and the economy, raising constitutional concerns including alleged violations of Article 21.
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Indigo Flights Crisis: SC Asks PIL Petitioner to Approach Delhi HC
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Observing that the issue is already 'seized of' by the Delhi High Court, a bench led by CJI Surya Kant requested the High Court to allow the PIL petitioner to join the proceedings related to the Indigo crisis, pending before it. India News | Indigo Flights Crisis: SC Asks PIL Petitioner to Approach Delhi HC.
IndiGo fiasco: SC refuses to entertain PIL, tells petitioner to approach Delhi HC
Observing that the Delhi High Court is already seized of the matter, a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant granted liberty to advocate Narendra Mishra, the petitioner-in-person, to raise his grievances before the High Court.
IndiGo crisis: Supreme Court declines to hear plea on flight cancellations, directs petitioner to Delhi HC
The Supreme Court declined to entertain a plea regarding IndiGo flight cancellations and directed the petitioner to approach the Delhi High Court with their grievances. Meanwhile, on December 10, the Delhi High Court pulled up the central government for failing to act in time to prevent the crisis
Supreme Court refuses to entertain PIL over Indigo crisis
The Supreme Court has asked an advocate who filed a public interest litigation (PIL) plea regarding a recent crisis involving a surge in flight delays and cancellations by the airline company Indigo to approach the Delhi High Court.
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SC refuses to hear plea on cancellation of IndiGo flights
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking judicial intervention into the issue of cancellation of hundreds of flights by IndiGo, and asked the petitioner to move the Delhi High Court with the grievances. The Delhi High Court, on December 10, 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…
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