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The Delhi High Court connected Wednesday (December 17, 2025) refused to entertain a PIL seeking to nonstop the Centre and IndiGo hose to wage 4 times the compensation of the afloat summons terms to each passengers whose tickets were cancelled during November and December aft the caller Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) rollout.
A seat of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said it has already taken cognisance of the contented successful different nationalist involvement litigation (PIL) and granted liberty to the petitioner to question involution successful the pending petition.
"We don't spot immoderate crushed arsenic to wherefore the concerns raised present cannot beryllium taken up successful the earlier petition. The jurisprudence developed by the Supreme Court and precocious courts astir PILs permits the tribunal to grow the scope of a petition successful nationalist interest.
"We diminution to entertain this petition with liberty to the petitioner to question involution successful the pending petition. The writ petition stands disposed of," the Bench said portion dictating its order.
According to the petitioner, Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC), done its president, Prof Vikram Singh, the Indigo fiasco has triggered wide interest crossed the aviation sector, and owed to abrupt disruption and last-minute cancellation of thousands of flights, stranded passengers faced terrible inconvenience.
Advocate Virag Gupta, representing the petitioner, said airports were overflowing with misdirected pieces of baggage, excessive holdups, inadequate connection from the airlines and disorder regarding refunds oregon re-booking options.
The plea besides sought an enquiry by a retired justice oregon Lokpal to place the negligence and lapses of the Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGCA) successful precipitating the crisis.
The precocious court, connected December 10, had questioned the cardinal authorities for not taking timely enactment to cheque the situation caused by IndiGo formation cancellations and asked wherefore the concern was allowed to precipitate, with lakhs of passengers stranded and different airlines charging hefty fares.
It was proceeding a PIL seeking directions to the Centre to supply enactment and refunds to passengers affected by the cancellation of hundreds of flights by IndiGo.
The hose has been facing vigor from some the authorities and the passengers for cancelling hundreds of flights since December 2, citing regulatory changes successful the pilots' formation work and regulations norms.
