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On Environment Day Kerala High Court Orders Government To Disclose Capsized Ship MSC Elsa’s Cargo Details

On Environment Day (5th June 2025), the Kerala High Court directed the State government to release all available information concerning hazardous cargo and oil spill from the sinking of Liberian cargo ship MSC Elsa-3 on May 24 off the coast of Alappuzha [TN Prathapan v. Union of India & Ors.]

A Bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Basant Balaji passed the direction while hearing a public interest petition (PIL) filed by Congress leader and former Member of Parliament TN Prathapan.

The PIL sought the Court’s intervention to ensure proper compensation, environmental clean-up, and enforcement of action under both Indian and international law.

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