Ten years on, ex-Kingfisher Airline employees wait for their dues

The Supreme Court has awarded a four-month sentence to the grounded airline's flamboyant owner Vijay Mallya in a contempt case

Ten years after Kingfisher Airlines was grounded, its former employees continue to wait for their dues.

On Monday, the Supreme Court awarded a four-month sentence to the grounded airline’s flamboyant owner Vijay Mallya in a contempt case. The apex court also ordered him to deposit $40 million plus interest in four weeks to avoid attachment of his properties.

While the government and banks have partially recovered their dues through asset seizures or sale of pledged shares, the airline’s staff has been left high and dry.

“An official liquidator was appointed by the Karnataka High Court and we submitted our claims