airfare regulation

New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh)— The Supreme Court is set to hear a public interest litigation on Monday demanding regulatory interventions to curb volatile airfare spikes and excessive ancillary charges levied by private domestic carriers. Listed before a Bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta on September 7, the petition calls for the establishment of an autonomous regulatory oversight body designed to enforce price transparency and safeguard consumer interests across the civil aviation sector. The plea, instituted by activist S. Laxminarayanan and argued by senior advocate Ravindra Srivastava, challenges the prevailing regulatory void that allows airlines to implement dynamic…