Singapore Airlines (SIA) has been ordered to pay two of its passengers 200,000 rupees (S$3,300) plus other costs after they filed a complaint concerning recliner seats on a flight from Hyderabad to Singapore.

Murali Mohan Sastry has a death wish. Nearly 11 years ago, he and his wife left behind their comfortable lives in India’s southern city of Hyderabad to come to the holy Hindu city of Varanasi - also known as the City of Death.