IndiGo approaches SC against Delhi HC order to move part of operations to Terminal 2

IndiGo Airlines has approached the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the Delhi High Court order that directed it to move part of its operations from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport..Last week, a Division Bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Rekha Palli of the Delhi High Court had dismissed the appeal by IndiGo against the order of the Single Judge Bench that had directed it to move part of its operations to Terminal 2 as per the decision of Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL)..The verdict of the Single Judge Bench of Justice AK Chawla dismissing the writ petition of IndiGo against DIAL’s decision was delivered in December last year..The special leave petition filed by Interglobe Aviation (owner of IndiGo Airlines), through Arjun Krishnan, states that the Division Bench of the High Court has erroneously dismissed its appeal against the order of the Single Judge Bench..It further states that the learned Single Judge had committed a serious error of law in failing to quash the directions by DIAL to move part of the operations from T1 to T2 of the airport..Some of the questions of law raised in the SLP are as follows:.Whether the High Court failed to appreciate that the directions by DIAL were arbitrary, discriminatory and contrary to Articles 14 and 19 of the Constitution.Whether the High Court failed to appreciate that the decisions taken by DIAL were disproportionate.Whether the High Court failed to appreciate that the decision making process of DIAL was vitiated for not considering relevant and material information as mandated by various landmark judgments.Whether the High Court failed to appreciate that DIAL had suppressed material and relevant information namely options given by Indigo never having been made part of the decision making process..The petition states that the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court failed to examine the matter in its proper perspective. It is further stated that the Division Bench committed a grave error in labeling IndiGo’s concerns as purely commercial and without any underlying public interest.