SpiceJet moves Supreme Court against Delhi HC order grounding three of its aircraft engines – India TV
Image Source : FILE PHOTO Representative image Low-cost airline SpiceJet has approached the Supreme Court, challenging a Delhi High Court verdict that grounded three of its aircraft engines due to defaults on payments to lessors. A bench led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud directed the counsel for SpiceJet to send an email requesting an urgent hearing of its plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s September 11 verdict. “Please circulate the e-mail,” the CJI said. Delhi High Court on SpiceJet The Delhi High Court refused to interfere with an order directing low-cost airline SpiceJet to ground three aircraft engines for defaulting on payment to engine lessors. A division bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and Amit Bansal said the appeals of SpiceJet challenging a single judge’s order to ground three aircraft engines and hand those over to the lessors was accordingly not entertained. “We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned order. The impugned direction has not been interfered with by us. The appeals are accordingly not entertained,” the bench said while pronouncing its verdict …