Pilots of Jet Airways move Supreme Court in the absence of funding

Jet Airways (India) Ltd was grounded temporarily on April 17 after its lenders rejected its plea for the emergency funding of Rs 1500 crore.

The National Aviators Guild (NAG), the pilot body of Jet Airways, in the petition claimed that the lack of funding has affected the livelihood of 22,000 employees. Which [livelihood] is a right under constitution, NAG claimed.

In the petition, NAG has asked the apex court to direct the lenders to release money and restart operations immediately.

They have also asked the Supreme Court to direct the Civil Aviation ministry and aviation regulatory body Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to decline any de-registration requests of any Jet aircraft and not to re-allocate its slots to other airlines permanently.