The Supreme Court calls for creative ways to deal with unruly airline passengers

A fellow passenger who was drunk had urinated on the petitioner during an international flight on November 26, 2022.

The incident came to light after the woman’s letter to the Tata Group chairman was reported in the media.

The accused, Shankar Mishra, was later arrested by Delhi Police in Bengaluru. Wells Fargo, Mishra’s employer, subsequently released a statement saying the allegations against him were “deeply disturbing.” He was fired from the job.

In March last year, the Delhi High Court had issued orders to the DGCA form an appeals committee to hear Mishra’s appeal within two weeks against the order that classified him as an ‘unruly passenger’ and imposed a four-month flight ban on him.