Plea to interfere in petroleum products price hike: Kerala HC asks central govt, GST council to respond in 3 weeks

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the central government and chairman, Goods and Service Tax Council, New Delhi to file a statement within three weeks, in response to a petition seeking to interfere effectively to reduce the inordinate hike in the price of petroleum products. The court also issued notice to the state government.

The petitioner also sought a directive to take possible steps to include the petroleum products in GST. The petitioner alleged that the central government is not taking steps to get the continuous hike in the price of petroleum products, reduced.