Bombay HC: Give info on pilots who got home Indians amid pandemic – Times of India

Mumbai: Bombay high court on Wednesday sought an additional affidavit with “facts and figures” from the Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) about the work pilots did and are doing in operating Vande Bharat flights, the pay structure and other information within two weeks and it would then hear their public interest litigation for ‘adequate compensation’ and priority for Covid-19 vaccination.
Their senior counsel, Prasad Dhakephalkar, pointed to work being done by the pilots in ferrying people, medicines and other necessities and in operating Vande Bharat flights to bring back stranded Indians, with many losing their lives to Covid-19 while doing their work, and said, “they are almost like frontline workers”.
The HC bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and justice Girish Kulkarni said, “We want facts and figures to come before us on record in two weeks with salary structure, their duty, how many flights they flew on Vande Bharat mission etc and then we will hear and decide.”
The high court posted the public interest litigation to July 28 with permission for an additional affidavit from FIP.