‘How can a ticket cost ₹ 39,000?’: What Delhi HC said on IndiGo 'crisis'

While acknowledging the corrective steps taken by the DGCA, the Delhi high court, questioned how the situation was allowed to worsen to such an extent.

The Delhi high court on Wednesday reportedly questioned the Centre over how the IndiGo flight disruption snowballed into what it called a “crisis”, leaving thousands stranded and ticket prices shooting up overnight.

The bench, led by chief justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, said the situation not only caused “trouble and harassment” to passengers but also hit the country’s economy, which depends heavily on fast, seamless travel, reported PTI news agency.

The bench heard the matter for over 90 minutes and asked the Centre to place the ongoing committee inquiry report before it in a sealed cover by January