Petrol price hike: Kerala high court slams decision


Saturday, 05 November 2011: Flaying the frequent hike in petrol prices, the Kerala high court on Friday said Central and state governments cannot “wash their hands” off and directed the Indian Oil Corporation and Reliance Petroleum to produce their balance sheets and quarterly reports before it in three weeks.
Within the last one year, there had been a 40 per cent hike in petroleum prices, causing immense hardhship to the common man, a division bench, comprising acting Chief Justice C N Ramachandran Nair and Justice P S Gopinathan, said in oral observations.

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