India, Dec. 12 -- Delhi high court judge Shail Jain on Friday recused herself from hearing IndiGo's petition seeking a refund of over Rs.900 crore in customs duty paid on aircraft engines and parts re-imported into India after being repaired abroad.

The matter was listed before a bench of justices Prathiba M Singh and Shail Jain, justice Jain recused from hearing since her son works as a pilot in IndiGo.

"List before a bench of which one of us (justice Shail Jain) is not a member, subject to orders of the Chief Justice," the court said in its order.

The matter will now come up before another bench, likely on December 19.

IndiGo's lawyer V Lakshmikumaran, submitted that the airline had paid basic customs duty without dispute when its a...