The Kerala High Court on Monday rejected appeals filed by Kerala govt and others challenging the Centre's decision to lease Trivandrum international airport to Adani Enterprises. A division bench of the High Court consisting Justices K Vinod Chandran and CS Dias delivered the judgment, discharging arguments raised by the state government and others opposing the Centre's decision to lease out the airport to Adani Enterprises Limited.
It was on August 21, that Kerala government moved the high court seeking a stay on further proceedings in leasing Trivandrum or Thiruvananthapuram international airport to Adani Enterprises. The state government had filed the application in the court, after an all-party-meeting in Kerala demanded withdrawal of the Union Cabinet's decision to lease the airport to Adani Enterprises. Last year, the high court had dismissed the appeal challenging the decision, saying it as not maintainable under Article 226 of the Constitution. The state government then filed an appeal before the Supreme Court challenging the high court order.
The apex court set aside the verdict of the high court and the matter was remanded back to it for a decision on merit. Referring to the top court directive, the state government had said, "all further proceedings in connection with the grant of lease with regard to operation, management and development of Thiruvananthapuram international airport to Adani Enterprises Ltd, is to be stayed pending disposal of the aforementioned writ petition."
The Adani Enterprises had won the rights to run six airports viz Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram and Guwahati, through the PPP model after a competitive bidding process in February, 2019.
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