Chennai: A former judge of the Madras high court, who missed a flight due to the negligence of the airline's ground staff, has been awarded a compensation of Rs 5 lakh. The state consumer forum also asked the airline to refund his airfare of Rs 4,682.
Justice S Jagadeesan, a former chairman of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board as well, was to fly from Chennai to Coimbatore on April 28, 2010 on a Spicejet flight. The flight was scheduled to leave at 8.45am.
After going through the security check, he was at the waiting lounge when the first announcement for boarding was made. As there was a long queue to board the flight, a member of the ground staff, on knowing Jagadeesan's identity, requested him to wait and assured that he would take him once the rush was over.
31/01/12 Karthika Gopalakrishnan/Times of India
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