The accused in the Air Indian urination case Shankar Mishra has approached the Delhi High Court seeking constitution of an appellate committee for hearing his appeal on calling him an unruly passenger along with banning him to fly for next 4 months.

The matter in the case was listed before Justice Prathiba M Singh today ,where the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)counsel apprised  that the appellate committee already exists. 

After the DGCA,apprised the court,Justice Singh asked the counsel to place the constitution of the committee before the court within a week. 

The case will be heard next on March 23. 

As per the report,on January 7,Mishra was arrested by the Delhi Police while he was in Bengaluru on on the allegation that he urinated on a 70-year-old woman while in an inebriated condition in November last year on board an Air India flight.

As an immediate consequence gevHe was subsequently removed from his job at Wells Fargo with the company saying that the allegations against him were “deeply disturbing”.

However, Mishra has maintained that the allegations against him are false and baseless. He was released on bail by Delhi’s Patiala House Court on January 31. 

In his plea, filed through advocates Akshat Bajpai, Ishanee Sharma, Shobhit Trehan and Renuka Parmananda, Mishra stated that the complainant woman had registered a complaint against him on Airsewa grievance portal on December 20, 2022. 

In pursuance of the complaint, Air India constituted an internal inquiry committee. On January 18, 2023, the committee issued an order designating him as an ‘unruly passenger’ and banning him from flying for four months.

A Delhi court has granted bail to Shankar Mishra who has been arrested this month for urinating on a fellow passenger(a lady)on an Air India flight in November last year.

The Additional Sessions Judge Harjyot Singh Bhalla  had reserved the order earlier but today pronounced the order.

Shankar Mishra has been directed to pahHe directed that Mishra be released on bail on furnishing a bond of ₹1 lakh.

Mishra was arrested by the Delhi police in Bengaluru on January 6 for having allegedly urinated on a 70-year-old woman while in an inebriated condition.

The incident came public after the lady wrote a letter to the Tata Group chairperson was made public via the media.

In the hearing today, the Public Prosecutor (PP) has disagreed and opposed grant of bail stating the accused had initially absconded and switched off his mobile phones.

The PP also apprised the court that it was only through IMEI number that he was caught.He said that the incident has embarrassed India internationally.

The PP in his typical style said in hindi India ki international beizzati ho gayi hai sir.

The Counsel for Mishra Senior Advocate Ramesh Gupta said that the investigation is complete and crew members and other witnesses have also been questioned.

The Counsel of Mishra also submitted that Initially the bail was rejected as the investigation was pending. Now that is done and they have examined other crew members and witnesses.

Mishra, who earlier worked at Wells Fargo, was made to resign from his job as allegations against him were “deeply disturbing for the reputation of the organisation.

The Lawyer of Mishra had also told the Court that he had paid an agreed compensation amount to the woman on November 28, but that almost a month later on, December 19, the money was returned to him by the woman’s daughter.

The court had refused for sending Mishra to Police custody but remanded him 14 days judicial custody in its last order.

The court said that public pressure is important but it cannot sway the investigation in the case and Mishra’s police custody would not be required.