Delhi High Court investigates delays in Kingfisher director appointment related to ongoing insolvency investigation

Kingfisher Airlines has asked the Delhi High Court for a directive to the Ministry of Civil Aviation to consider its application for a security clearance to Lalit Bhasin for appointment as a director of the company. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) requires security clearances for directors and chairmen/chief executive officers for the grant of a no-objection certificate to an airline to operate as a scheduled operator. Kingfisher’s operating licence was suspended in late 2012 by the aviation regulator after it was grounded by a strike by the airline’s employees to protest non-payment of salaries. According to a petition