Questioning the Centre for not taking timely action to check the crisis caused by IndiGo flight cancellations, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday wondered why the situation was allowed to precipitate, leading to lakhs of passengers getting stranded and other airlines charging hefty fares.

“The question is why, at all, this crisis arose and what have you been doing?” a Bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice TR Gedela said.

The Bench directed the government and the airline to take steps to adequately compensate the affected persons.

The court asked the authorities if they were "helpless" or they could have taken action against IndiGo after it failed to implement Flight Duty Time Limitation rules by November 1, which they blamed for the crisis.

Besides the trouble and harassment c

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