Airline Ticket Refund News: Supreme Court Will Engage Airlines in Ticket Refund Case | India Business News


NEW DELHI: Thousands of passengers searching refund of plane tickets The number of flights canceled during the lockdown may take on value, as the Center informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that a solution had been reached even as the SC agreed to add all airlines operating in India as parties to PIL seeking refunds.
State Attorney General Tushar mehta informed a court of Justices Ashok Bhushan, RS Reddy and MR Shah that a joint meeting was held and that the court had reached a solution ministry of civil aviation, which may not be acceptable to all interested parties. At his request, the court gave the ministry one week to submit an affidavit detailing the solution.

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A consumer has a transactional relationship with an airline. He or she pays for a ticket and in return, you are put on a flight. In this case, it is true that the flights had to be canceled for reasons beyond the control of the airlines. But that is not the responsibility of consumers and it is not their responsibility to ensure the financial health of airlines.

PILs have challenged the airlines’ decision to create credit deposits against canceled tickets rather than make refunds. Appearance of petitioner, defender CA Sundaram He said: “The non-return of ticket money for canceled flights is a violation of the ‘civil aviation requirement’ of the May 2008 order issued by the DGCA.”
The bank said airlines should be heard before making a decision. The matter has been included in the list for September 9.

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