Kasturi Commodities Pvt. Ltd. and Another v. the Board of Trustees of the Port of Mumbai and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
This petition under Article 226 sought directions to the Port Trust to permit beaching and breaking a vessel at Mumbai Port. The court allowed the petitioner to bring the vessel, provided they first remove and securely store solidified cement/waste material at a secured plot before sending it to a land fill site, permitting breaking only thereafter.
What did the court decide?
Permission to bring the vessel to the beach site, remove and store waste material securely, send it to a land fill site, and then break the vessel.