India, April 7 -- The Delhi high court on Tuesday said budget airline SpiceJet and its promoter, Ajay Singh, cannot evade compliance with its March 18 direction to deposit Rs.144.5 crore as part of ongoing arbitration dispute with Kalanithi Maran and KAL Airways by filing a review petition.

"You have to comply with the order. ...this [review] application is not a passport to not comply with the order," Justice Subramonium Prasad said after Singh's lawyer informed the court that their client and SpiceJet have filed two review petitions against the March 18 order. One of the two pleas has been listed.

The court noted the submission and adjourned the matter to Monday.

On March 18, the court directed SpiceJet to deposit Rs.144.5 crore with...