Overview

• Over 40 victim families, backed by UK-based Stewarts Law, allege Air India pressured them to disclose financial dependency on deceased relatives under threat of reduced or withheld compensation.
• Air India rejects coercion claims as unsubstantiated and says questionnaires are standard tools to confirm next-of-kin and expedite interim payments.
• The carrier has disbursed ₹25 lakh to 47 families and is processing documents for 55 more through its Ahmedabad facilitation centre.
• Stewarts Law, in collaboration with Nanavati & Nanavati and US firms Clifford Law Offices and Kreindler & Kreindler, is preparing lawsuits against Air India, Boeing and other potentially liable parties.
• The Tata Group has pledged ₹1 crore ex-gratia per bereaved family and established a ₹500 crore trust to provide long-term support.