The Supreme Court on Monday shot down Go First’s plea that lessors should not be allowed to carry out regular maintenance of the 50-odd aircraft leased to the beleaguered carrier.

Go First had moved the apex court challenging the Delhi High Court’s decision to allow access to the lessors to their aircraft with the carrier, which is now facing insolvency proceedings.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud refused to allow the plea of Go First after noting that already the dispute is pending before a single judge of the Delhi High Court and arguments are being advanced by the rival parties on a day to day basis.

The bench which included Justice J. B. Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra told senior advocate Shyam Divan appearing for Go First that all issues including the jurisdictional dispute be raised before the single judge.

“We will not entertain the application at this moment, since the proceedings are pending before the single judge. We are not going to consider the matter at present. Let the jurisdictional and all other disputes be raised before the single judge as the matter is being heard on a day-to-day basis,” the bench said while turning down the plea of the airline.

Go First has moved the top court challenging the interlocutory order passed by the single judge on July 5 allowing the lessors access to the aircraft. A division bench of the Delhi High Court on July 13 subsequently upheld the single judge’s order. The airline then moved the Supreme Court.

Divan on Monday told the bench that the airline was willing to pay Rs 500 crore to the lessors towards the pending dues from 2020. He made the offer while responding to the plea of senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi who said there should not be any interference with the high court order as the impugned orders were passed after hearing arguments of both the sides.