Amid the ongoing aviation crisis, the Delhi High Court (HC) on Wednesday pulled up the Union Government over the widespread cancellations and delays of Indigo flights. The court further asked why the situation was allowed to precipitate into a nationwide turmoil that stranded lakhs of passengers and inflicted losses on the national economy. 

A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking an independent judicial probe into the episode, asserted that the crisis is not confined to causing inconvenience to passengers, but it also affects the economy of the country, news agency IANS reported.