Date:05/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/05/stories/2008120553830400.htm

Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram

State to move apex court

Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State government would approach the Supreme Court against the Kerala High Court verdict suspending all work connected with the Vizhinjam Container Trans-shipment Project, Law and Ports Minister M. Vijayakumar said here on Thursday.

Reacting to the verdict given by a Division Bench of the High Court earlier in the day, Mr. Vijayakumar conceded that the court’s order would prove a stumbling block for the project. The government would go ahead with the necessary legal measures after studying details of the order, he said. He explained that to the best of its knowledge, the government had adhered to all the procedural formalities.