High Court directs CPT file counter affidavit

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court, on Monday, directed the Cochin Port Trust to file a counter affidavit by June 23 on a PIL challenging construction of petroleum storage tanks at nearby Vathurthy, in the land leased by CPT.



A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Rajiv Gupta and Justice K S Radhakrishnan, issued the direction to CPT.



The PIL was filed by the Wellington Island action council a week ago complaining that the tanks were being constructed unauthorised, and without obtaining licence from factories and boilers department, fire-force and pollution control board.