The Kerala high court on Wednesday directed the Union government to make its position clear on the high- speed rail project, K Rail, and stayed the process of laying boundary stones of the project in violation of the Survey and Boundaries Act ahead of the social impact study.
While hearing a bunch of pleas, Justice Devan Ramachandran said though the state government contended that there was an in-principle approval, there was no clarity on the Centre’s position. The court also observed that it was improper for one counsel to appear for both the Union Government and railway ministry.
“This is perhaps the biggest project Kerala has undertaken so far. Such a project should not be implemented intimidating and threatening people. All these pleas are being filed because of the haste to implement the project. The law cannot be violated in its attempt to execute the scheme,” the court said.
