Supreme Court agrees to fast-track 1988 Air India crash compensation case

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to fast-track a nearly four-decade-old compensation dispute arising from the 1988 Ahmedabad air crash that killed 133 people, after Air India sought an urgent hearing in a case that could potentially reshape how compensation is calculated in air-crash claims.A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant agreed to list the matter before Justices Aravind Kumar and N.V. Anjaria, who had earlier heard the long-running dispute.“List before the bench presided by Justice Aravind…