In Brief
IndiGo's parent company Interglobe Aviation challenged regulations on aircraft disinfection through fumigation. The Supreme Court found that whether fumigation should be permitted is fundamentally a policy question requiring expert assessment of both benefits and health hazards. Rather than immediately deciding the matter, the Court directed the Union government to first constitute a high-powered expert committee to evaluate fumigation's safety and efficacy under the Aircraft (Public Health) Rules 1954. The Court adjourned the case pending the government's policy decision, recognizing that executive expertise should lead on public health matters subject to later judicial scrutiny."
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