New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- : The Supreme Court has ruled that airlines cannot be blamed for the failure of passengers to show up timely on the boarding gate.
A Bench of Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari in a judgment delivered on January 27 said that it was the primary responsibility of the passengers to reach the boarding gate well before the departure time.
The airlines have no obligation to wait for the passengers if they do not arrive in time, the top court observed.
"Concededly, it is the primary obligation of the passenger, who has been issued a boarding pass to undergo the securitycheck procedure and reach at the boarding gate well before (at least 25 minutes before) the scheduled departure time," the judgment stated....