The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Centre to frame more comprehensive guidelines to control the unruly behaviour of air passengers. The top court stated that "something creative" needs to be done,

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre and aviation regulator DGCA to develop guidelines to address unruly air passenger behavior.

The top court bench was hearing a plea filed by a 73-year-old woman, on whom a male co-passenger allegedly urinated on board an Air India flight in 2022

A bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Viswanathan asked the Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati to instruct the concerned authorities to examine and suitably modify the guidelines on unruly passengers in line with international norms.

During the hearing, the woman's counsel submits the DGCA filed a reply stating everything was in place but the petitioner had suggestions that could be incorporated

The Supreme Court urged the Centre and DGCA to create better guidelines for handling unruly air passengers. This follows a case where a man allegedly urinated on an elderly woman on an Air India flight.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre and aviation regulator DGCA to frame more comprehensive guidelines to control unruly air passengers and observed "something creative" had to be done.