The Madras High Court has directed Air India to pay Rs 35,000 to a passenger who suffered health complications after consuming food containing hair on a flight. The court partly allowed Air India's appeal against a lower court's order for a larger compensation.
The company said it has suspended the staffers and that it was part of the operation to unearth this crime.
The court said if employees continue to hold on to flats then Air India Asset Holding Company would not be able to monetize the land to reduce the burden of Air India's debt.
The airline said it has filed a police complaint about the incident, but did not specify when the 30-day ban came into effect.
The alleged incident took place on May 5 in Hyderabad, where she was being trained by the commander pilot.
The senior pilot was suspended in May last year after being found guilty of sexual harassment by an internal committee of the airline. The committee imposed a 'major penalty' on Captain Sachin Gupta, who has now appealed to the next authority against the punishment.
With the strike by Air India pilots entering the seventh day, Delhi high court on Tuesday rapped the airline management and the pilots' association for their rigid attitude and appointed a counsel to assist it in resolving the stand off.
According to preliminary information memorandum, Air India's new owner will be asked to list the company in some time
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