Published on : 23 Sep 2025, 1:37 pm 2 min read

The Delhi High Court recently held that merely buying air tickets does not create a commercial transaction and issues related to refund do not amount to commercial disputes under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 [Chand Mehra & Anr v. British Airways PLC].

A Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that while buying a ticket creates a contract of carriage, it lacks elements of trade, commerce or business.

“An agreement containing a provision for providing mere services on payment of certain charges cannot, in every case, be termed to be an agreement, dispute in respect of which can be said to be a commercial dispute. To constitute a dispute to be a commercial dispute arising out

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