Filed by former captains Sameer Breja and Karan Gupta, who joined SpiceJet as first officers in 2011 and were promoted to captains in 2016, the plea claims that the airline owes them ₹ 1.21 crore and ₹ 1.31 crore, respectively. The dispute traces back to 2020, when SpiceJet implemented temporary salary cuts due to the coronavirus pandemic, promising deferred payments once operations returned to "normalcy."