The Supreme Court will soon give its decision on whether soft drink companies like Hindustan Coca-cola Beverages (HCCB) and PepsiCo India Holdings should pay octroi on glass bottles and crates separately, despite the value of same being included in the price of the aerated beverage.

A Bench headed by Justice M K Sharma has reserved its judgement on the pleas of both softdrink majors who opposed

THE road ahead seems to be a difficult one for the Bill passed recently by the Kerala Assembly for the establishment of a special tribunal to

MINISTER for Water Resources N.K. Premachandran, who piloted the Plachimada Special Tribunal Bill, 2011, in the State Assembly, said the High Power Committee (HPC) had found enough evidence to prove the presence of dangerous levels of cadmium and lead in the sludge distributed by the Coca-Cola unit at Plachimada and for the pollution of groundwater, drinking water and soil in the village.

The government is enacting an ordinance for the formation of the proposed river basin and wetland authorities.

Minister for Water Resources N.K. Premachandran told the presspersons here on Tuesday that the Cabinet had already recommended the draft Kerala Irrigation and Water Conservation (Amendment) Ordinance for promulgation by the Governor.

Rs 216-crore compensation sought for

The Kerala government today introduced a Bill in the State Assembly to force Coca-Cola to pay compensation for the alleged negative ecological and health effects of its erstwhile factory at Plachimada in Palakkad district, and to distribute this money to the victims.

Minister for water resources N K Premachandran piloted the Plachimada Coca-Cola Victims

PALAKKAD: The Perumatty grama panchayat, which won a legal battle against Coca-Cola at Plachimada, has sought compensation from the company for permanent damage done to groundwater, soil, agriculture and livestock in the village.

Grama panchayat president K.

Since it was first made in 1886, the Coca-Cola formula is one of the most fiercely guarded trade secrets of the corporate world.