The Supreme Court had suggested that an airline credit note should have a lifespan of at least two years.
New Delhi:
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court sent an opinion to the central government on a plea filed by the Air Passengers Association of India seeking reimbursement for plane tickets canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 lockup.
A bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice MR Shah sent a notice to the Center and others and labeled it with similar pleas pending before the court.
Earlier in June, the Supreme Court asked the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the airlines to sit together and work on how to refund passengers’ money for canceling their tickets during the lockout. COVID-19.
The petitions pending before the higher court had asked for full reimbursement of the money spent by people to book airline tickets, which were canceled due to the foreclosure.
The Supreme Court had suggested that an airline credit note should have a lifespan of at least two years and for any route, if that was the way out.
The petition urged the court to declare the airlines’ alleged action not to reimburse the full value of the canceled airline tickets as violating the civil aviation requirements issued by the authority.
He said the April 16 memorandum directing airlines to fully reimburse the amount paid only to those who booked tickets during the lockout period.
Advocacy said the order omitted people who reserved tickets before the lock-up, but added that flights canceled due to the lock-up amount to unequal treatment, and therefore the same clearly violates the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
