Supreme Court rejects Indigo’s plea against moving part of its operations to T2

The Supreme Court yesterday refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court order directing Indigo Airlines to shift part of its operations from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 of Delhi’s IGI Airport..The Division Bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Rekha Palli of the Delhi High Court had dismissed the appeal by IndiGo against the order of the Single Judge Bench that had directed it to move part of its operations as per the decision taken by Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL)..Interglobe Aviation (owner of Indigo Airlines) had challenged the said judgment through a special leave petition stating that the Division Bench had erroneously dismissed its appeal and that the Single Judge had committed a serious error of law in failing to quash the directions by DIAL..Indigo was represented by Senior Advocates Mukul Rohatgi and Shyam Divan briefed by Advocate Gaurav Sarin of Samvad Partners while Go Air was represented by Senior Counsel Neeraj Kishan Kaul briefed by Karanjawala and Co. Partners Meghna Mishra and Debmalya Banerjee and Senior Associates Ankit Rajgarhia and Manish Sharma..Appearing for DIAL was Senior Advocate Parag Tripathi instructed by Advocates Vijaylakshmi Menon, Anish Kapur and Anirudh Bakhru of DMD Associates..The Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice DY Chandrachud observed that,.“Having heard learned counsel for the parties, though we are not inclined to interfere, we extend the time under the first direction issued by the High Court, till 3rd March, 2018.”.The High Court had granted one week to IndiGo and SpiceJet to approach DIAL to suggest flights (to and from sectors) that they would be ready and willing to shift, as long as they collectively meet the yardstick of one-third passenger traffic volumes of their operations at Terminal one..The Supreme Court has now extended that deadline to approach DIAL to March 3..The Bench also said that after the intimation is sent to DIAL by the airlines, it it shall take a decision within ten days..Thereafter, Indigo will have to comply with DIAL’s decision on the timeline for shifting within 10 days therefrom..Read Order: