New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday pulled up Air India management for being too harsh on its pilots and directed it to look into the reinstatement of sacked pilots within four weeks.
A bench of Justice Reva Khetrapal admonished Air India and asked the airline to sort out the issue "in a time-bound manner".
The next hearing will take place on Wednesday.
Air India had terminated the services of several pilots during the recent strike.
Expressing displeasure with the Air India management for not fulfilling its assurance to consider the issue of reinstatement sympathetically in a time bound manner, Justice Reva Khetrapal said, "I am upset and I am also getting anguished.You assured the court. Now you want to sit over it. It should be in a time-bound manner."
"It looks now like the management wants to have its cake and eat it too, how it can be allowed?" Justice Khetrapal said.
The court passed the order after counsel Lalit Bhasin, appearing for the national carrier, said that he is sticking to the stand taken by the management to consider the reinstatement issue sympathetically but the statement was not appreciated in the proper spirit.
He said the management has setup a high-power committee which will examine the issue on case by case basis, which will take at least three months' time.
"You will seek instruction whether you will consider the matter of reinstatement of pilots within four weeks," Justice Khetrapal retorted. (ANI)
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