The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain two separate pleas seeking urgent hearing in the recent delays and cancellations of hundreds of IndiGo flights, leading to a chaotic situation among air passengers across multiple airports in the country.

The first plea was mentioned before a bench led by the Chief Justice of India (CJI), Justice Surya Kant.

Advocate Narendra Mishra sought that the top court hear the matter on an urgent basis, claiming around 2500 flights have been delayed at 95 airports across the country, causing many passengers to suffer.

After hearing him briefly, the CJI stated that the central government is cognisant of the issue and there is no urgency as of yet for the top court to intervene in this regard.

“We understand that lakhs of people are stranded. Maybe

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