India's Supreme Court has allowed Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) to continue charging airport development fee as per the approval granted to DIAL by the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority, according to a statement by the GMR Group.

The Delhi airport is operated by a consortium of the GMR Group, the Airports Authority of India, Fraport and Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad.

The Supreme Court has observed that DIAL shall not be obliged to refund any amounts collected by it, prior to the approval granted by AERA, the statement said.

The Court has also directed that the utilization of the ADF recovered by DIAL shall be only for the purposes of development of the Delhi Airport. (Reuters)