Go First lessors’ plea contrary to law, says interim RP

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has rightly not acted on the deregistration requests of the Go First aircraft lessors and seeking such directions for taking possession of their aircraft from the Delhi High Court is “contrary to law”, the crisis-hit airline’s interim resolution professional (IRP) said Tuesday.

Senior counsel Harish Salve, appearing for the IRP, said taking possession of the aircraft would not only undermine the insolvency process but would completely halt the airline’s operations, thus leading to significant losses.

If DGCA allowed deregistration requests of the lessors, they would fly off with their planes and the airline will be dead, and over 7,000 employees would be rendered jobless,