New Delhi, April 7 -- Budget carrier SpiceJet and its chairman and managing director Ajay Singh have filed a review petition before the Delhi high court, seeking relief from an earlier direction requiring the airline to deposit Rs.144.5 crore within four weeks in its long-running arbitration dispute with Kalanithi Maran and KAL Airways Pvt. Ltd.

Justice Subramonium Prasad, who heard the matter on Tuesday, adjourned the hearing to 13 April after parties sought time. However, the court orally observed that filing a review petition does not absolve SpiceJet of its obligation to comply with the order to deposit the amount by 14 April.

"You have to comply with the order. The fact that you have filed this application is not a passport to not ...