The Delhi High Court on Wednesday questioned the Centre for being unable to curtail a situation that led to cancellation of a number of IndiGo flights and subsequent surge in airfares while calling it a “crisis”, PTI reported. Also Read | IndiGo crisis: DGCA compensation minimum relief, passengers can claim more, says Delhi consumer body president Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal

A bench of Chief Justices Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Tushar Rao Gedela asked, “Why did such a situation even precipitate? What steps were taken to assist passengers?”

According to the PTI the court asked, “How other airlines could take advantage of the crisis situation and charge hefty sums for tickets from the passengers?”

The bench then asked the government to explain the arrangements made to manage stran

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