New rules to regulate volatile airfares to be published in two weeks, Centre tells SC
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- ✓The Centre told the Supreme Court on October 16, 2026, that new rules to regulate volatile airfares will be published within two weeks.
- ✓Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said, "The rules have been finalised, and administrative approval has been granted." These norms aim to curb predatory pricing by private airlines for passengers.
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The Centre on Friday (October 16, 2026) informed the Supreme Court that administrative approval had been granted for new aviation rules framed under the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024 (2024 Act) to regulate volatile airfares and predatory pricing, and that they were likely to be published within two weeks.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), told a Bench of Justices Vikram Nath, R Mahadevan and Aparesh Kumar Singh that the rules had been finalised.
"The rules have been finalised, and administrative approval has been granted. The same would be published within two weeks," Mehta said.
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