New Delhi, July 23 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea filed by Kalanithi Maran and KAL Airways challenging a Delhi High Court order that had rejected their claim seeking Rs.1,323 crore in damages from SpiceJet.

A bench of Justices P. S. Narasimha and Atul S. Chandurkar refused to interfere with the high court's decision.

Maran and KAL Airways had challenged the Delhi High Court's 23 May order that had dismissed their appeals due to delays. The division bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Ajay Digpaul had refused to condone a 55-day delay in filing and a 226-day delay in re-filing their appeals, calling their conduct a "calculated gamble" and accusing them of deliberately concealing information from the court and SpiceJ...