The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and aviation regulators to respond to a petition that challenges rising airfares, dynamic pricing and high ancillary charges in the civil aviation sector. The bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta has given four weeks to file replies. The petition argues that airlines use algorithms that…
Election Commission on ADR Bihar voter roll case The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the approach of the NGO Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) was “communal,” after it alleged a “disproportionate exclusion of Muslims” in Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Appearing for the ECI, senior…
Supreme Court petition seeks Air India AI171 crash inquiry The 91-year-old father of late Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, along with the Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP), has approached the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored investigation into the June 12 crash of Air India flight AI171 in Ahmedabad, which claimed 260 lives. The petition requests the formation…