SpiceJet moves Supreme Court against Delhi HC order grounding 3 aircraft engines

SpiceJet challenges Delhi High Court verdict on aircraft engines in Supreme Court over payment default to lessors
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Low-cost airline SpiceJet moved the Supreme Court on Thursday (September 12, 2024), challenging a Delhi High Court verdict grounding three of its aircraft engines for defaulting on payments to lessors.

A Bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud asked the counsel for the airline to send an email seeking an urgent hearing of its plea against the High Court verdict of September 11.

“Please circulate the email,” the Chief Justice of India (CJI) said.

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A division bench of the Delhi High Court held that the carrier had violated an agreed interim arrangement for payment of dues and upheld an order of a single judge bench asking the low-cost airline to ground the three engines for defaulting on the payments.

The single judge bench of the High Court had on August 14, 2024 directed SpiceJet to ground three engines by August 16, 2024 and hand them over to their lessors, Team France 01 SAS and Sunbird France 02 SAS.