New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on a plea seeking refund for airline tickets booked during the Covid-19 lockdown, after the Centre submitted that as per the "proposed formulation", the credit shell has to go to the account of the passenger, in whose name the ticket was issued.
The credit shell cannot be a lump sum amount paid by the travel agents to the airlines, which is only for pre-blocking of tickets and does not amount to purchase of tickets, the Centre said in its affidavit.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, submitted before a bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and M.R. Shah, that the credit shell facility cannot be availed by travel agents who booke...