CAPT AMIT KUMAR YADAV vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 13.04.2026 Judgment delivered on: 04.05.2026 Judgment uploaded on: As per Digital Signature~ + LPA 595/2023 CAPT AMIT KUMAR YADAV .....APPELLANT versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS .....RESPONDENTS Advocates who appeared in this case For the Appellant : Mr. Sanjeev Kumar and Mr. Anshul Sehgal, Advs. For the Respondents : Ms. Anjana Gosain, Ms. Akansha Choudhary and Ms. Shreya Manjari, Advs. for R1 and R2. Ms. Charul Sarin, Adv. for R3. Mr. Amit Kumar Mishra, Mr. Azeem Samuel, Ms. Mitakshara Goyal, Mr. Vaibhav Kharbanda, Mr. Shivam Goel, Ms. Shrijeta Pratik, Advs. for R4. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA JUDGMENT V. KAMESWAR RAO, J. 1. This intra court appeal lays a challenge to the order dated 11.07.2023 passed by the learned Single Judge whereby the learned Single Judge has dismissed the writ petition filed by the appellant challenging the orders Signature Not Verified Signed By:PRADEEP LPA 595/2023 Page 1 of 19 SHARMA Signing Date:04.05.2026 14:49:36 dated 04.12.2017 and 18.07.2018 (impugned orders) passed by the Joint Director General, Director General of Civil Aviation and Director General of Civil Aviation (respondent no. 2) respectively. Vide the Impugned Orders, the pilot license of appellant was suspended for a period of three months as per Regulation 8.1 of Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) for testing positive for blood alcohol content in pre-flight breath analyzer test (BA Test). 2. The appellant is a pilot employed with Tata SIA Airlines Ltd. (hereinafter respondent no. 4/Vistara), which is running its Airline by the name of ‘Vistara Airlines’. The appellant was scheduled to operate a flight bearing No. 'UK 720' on 18.11.2017 from Kolkata to Ne