Supreme Court discover to Air India over plea for extra compensation for Kerala airplane crash
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued discover on petitions filed by the affected passengers looking for compensation for his or her losses within the tragic Air India Express Flight IX-1344 crash on the Karipur International Airport, Kozhikode in 2020.
The bench of Justices C.T. Ravikumar and Sanjay Kumar heard the petition filed by aggrieved passengers in opposition to a division bench judgment of the Kerala High Court which had dismissed their compensation claims.
The petitioner submitted earlier than the court docket that Air India Express provided solely a nominal compensation to the affected events via negotiating companies. The petitioner accepted the compensation considering that it was simply an interim settlement.
The prime court docket together with issuing discover, additionally tagged the case together with different civil appeals pending on comparable points arising out of the Mangalore air crash in 2010.
Earlier, the Kerala High Court dismissed the writ petition saying that the reliefs sought have been personal and that respondent Air India was no extra a public functionary after the Center’s disinvestment from the airline.
In 2020, an Air India Express flight with 190 passengers on board flying from Dubai skidded off the runway and break up into two whereas touchdown on the Kozhikode airport amid heavy rain. At least 18 individuals died within the crash and plenty of have been injured.
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued discover on petitions filed by the affected passengers looking for compensation for his or her losses within the tragic Air India Express Flight IX-1344 crash on the Karipur International Airport, Kozhikode in 2020.
The bench of Justices C.T. Ravikumar and Sanjay Kumar heard the petition filed by aggrieved passengers in opposition to a division bench judgment of the Kerala High Court which had dismissed their compensation claims.
The petitioner submitted earlier than the court docket that Air India Express provided solely a nominal compensation to the affected events via negotiating companies. The petitioner accepted the compensation considering that it was simply an interim settlement.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The prime court docket together with issuing discover, additionally tagged the case together with different civil appeals pending on comparable points arising out of the Mangalore air crash in 2010.
Earlier, the Kerala High Court dismissed the writ petition saying that the reliefs sought have been personal and that respondent Air India was no extra a public functionary after the Center’s disinvestment from the airline.
In 2020, an Air India Express flight with 190 passengers on board flying from Dubai skidded off the runway and break up into two whereas touchdown on the Kozhikode airport amid heavy rain. At least 18 individuals died within the crash and plenty of have been injured. Follow The New Indian Express channel on WhatsApp
