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High Court of DelhiW.P.(C)/6211/2016

Amit Sahni v. Union Of India & ANR

2016-07-20Hon'Ble The Acting Chief Justice,Hon'Ble Ms. Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal2 pages

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ W.P.(C) 6211/2016 AMIT SAHNI Petitioner Through:

Mr. Amit Sahni, Advocate with Mr. Vaibhav Mishra, Advocate

Versus

UNION OF INDIA & ANR Respondents Through:

Mr. Ripudaman Bhardwaj, CGSC with Mr. Jitendra Kr. Tripathi, CGP and Mr. T.P. Singh, Advocate for respondent No. 1/UOI

CORAM:

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SANGITA DHINGRA SEHGAL

ORDER

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The instant petition filed as a Public Interest Litigation under Aticle 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction to the respondents to frame guidelines so as to ensure that the private Airlines companies would not charge their customers arbitrarily, exorbitantly or irrationally. 2.

We have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned counsel for the respondent No. 1, who appeared on advance notice. t:

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is no cap on charging of airfare by private Airlines companies from its customers and many times these companies charge the customers arbitrarily, irrationally and exorbitantly even in emergency/tragic situations like 'Jaat Agitation' and in flood situation in Chennai last year. The learned counsel further submits that there is an urgent need to regulate the upper limit of airfare so Certify that the digital and physical file have been compared and the digital data is as per the physical file and no page is missing.

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that the private Airlines cannot fleece their customers according to their own wishes.

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Having regard to the nature of the allegations made in the petition, we are of the view that the issue sought to be raised by the petitioner deserves consideration in the first instance by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. 5.

The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.l to consider the issues raised by the petitioner treating this writ petition as a representation and pass an appropriate order in accordance with law within eight weeks from today. Such order be communicated to the petitioner and in case it is necessary, the petitioner is at liberty to file a fresh writ petition.

CHIEF JUSTICE JULY 20,2016lradhika A D SEHGAL, J W. p. (C) 6211/2016