With AI Express operating around 200 daily flights, primarily international, the cancellation of nearly 80 flights so far indicates that 40% of the schedule has been impacted.

A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan observed that since the AAP leader has already approached the Supreme Court against his arrest, “no orders were called for” with regard to providing him any facilities while in judicial custody

The IMD said maximum temperatures were likely to be around 39 degrees Celsius in Kollam, Palakkad and Kozhikode, 38 degrees Celsius in Thiruvananthapuram, Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Thrissur