The Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider the Centre’s suggestion of transferable refund vouchers for flights cancelled during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, PTI reported. The court was hearing a batch of petitions seeking refund for airline tickets booked during the nationwide lockdown.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre and the Director General of Civil Aviation, told a three-judge bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan that transferrable refund vouchers can be issued to passengers, which can be used by travel agents who had booked tickets for the flights that were cancelled later.
“If the travel agents can use the vouchers of the passengers, then it is a fair enough suggestion,” the court said.
Mehta also clarified the Centre’s stand that the credit shell facility could not be availed by travel agents who booked tickets during…
