: Delhi HC quashes termination of Air India pilots, orders reinstatement with pending salaries #IndiaNEWS The Delhi High Court on Tuesday quashed Air India’s decision to terminate the services of several

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Delhi HC quashes termination of Air India pilots, orders reinstatement with pending salaries #IndiaNEWS
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday quashed Air India’s decision to terminate the services of several of its pilots last year, reported PTI. The court also asked the state-owned airline to reinstate all pilots, including those on contract and to pay them their pending wages. In her order, Justice Jyoti Singh said that in future, the extension of contracts of contractual pilots would be at the discretion of Air India in view of their satisfactory performance.A total of 61 Air India pilots were terminated from their services in August last year. The airline cited the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting financial crisis as the reason behind its decision. The pilots had filed a batch of petitions in the High Court, seeking directions to quash the April 2 order suspending their services, and the subsequent order of August 7 by which they were all terminated. The pleas submitted that the airline should restore their contractual engagements or pay them salaries, along with flying allowances with effect from April 1.In defence of its decision, Air India had said in November 2020, that the nationwide lockdown imposed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic had left most of its fleet grounded and 90% of its regular pilots were sitting at home....Read more

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