FIR against ex-Go First board for post-insolvency ticket sales
Ernakulam Police registered an FIR against the former Go First board, a DGCA official, and two travel portals over alleged ticket sales after insolvency began.
AI generated- Go First entered voluntary insolvency proceedings in 2023 and later faced a liquidation order upheld in April 2025.
- Ernakulam Police registered an FIR on 9 July after a magistrate directed registration and investigation of the complaint.
- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation ordered Go First to stop selling tickets on 10 May after directions obtained from the Kerala High Court.
- The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal upheld the National Company Law Tribunal order to liquidate Go First in April 2025.
Ernakulam Police have registered an FIR concerning Go First’s post-insolvency ticket sales, after a magistrate directed investigation into a complaint by passenger-advocate Yeshwant Shenoy. The case is important because it links insolvency proceedings, aviation regulation, and possible criminal liability for alleged wrongful loss to passengers.
According to the FIR, the complaint alleges that airline tickets were sold for nearly two weeks after Go First began its voluntary insolvency process in 2023. The FIR names all 13 former directors, including chairman Nusli Wadia, his son Ness Wadia, chief executive officer Kaushik Khona, an unnamed Directorate General of Civil Aviation official, the portal companies EaseMyTrip and ClearTrip, and resolution professional Shailendra Ajmera.
The complaint arose after Yeshwant Shenoy said he lost ₹64,000 after booking Kochi–Mumbai tickets on the day the insolvency plea was filed. He alleged criminal conspiracy, wrongful loss to passengers, and wrongful gain through continued ticket sales after the board had approved initiation of insolvency proceedings.
UPSC can test how insolvency proceedings interact with passenger rights, directors’ duties, and the role of sector regulators such as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. The case also raises questions on whether criminal law, insolvency law, and civil remedies operate in parallel when alleged wrongful loss follows continued commercial activity after insolvency filing.
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