HC rejects plea seeking higher compensation
New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- The Delhi high court on Wednesday declined to entertain a petition seeking directions to the Centre, and IndiGo to pay four times the full ticket price as compensation to all passengers whose tickets were cancelled during recent flight disruptions.
IndiGo has announced compensation of Rs.10,000, in the form of a travel voucher for passengers affected by disruptions from December 5 to 7.
Dealing with a petition filed by a think tank, Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC), a bench of chief justice DK Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that the issue was already being examined in another case and that multiple proceedings would not serve the passengers' interests.
Last week, the court, while dealin...
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