In a huge relief to low-cost carrier SpiceJet, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered a stay on a Delhi high court order which had ordered the private airline to pay Rs 243 crore to its former promoter Kalanithi Maran.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde while staying the high court order of September 7 issued a notice to Maran for his response on the appeal filed by SpiceJet which challenged the high court order.
“Issue notice returnable within four weeks. There shall be stay of operation of the impugned order until further order,” the bench also comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian said. A single judge headed by Justice Rekha Phalli had passed the earlier order directing the airlines to pay the Marans Rs 243 crore within six weeks.
