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Malabar Cements Case

The outside world came to know about the corruption of Rs 400 crore in Malabar Cements, one of the public sector undertakings in Kerala, through the 2006 CAG report. Despite receiving clear information about this massive corruption committed by company officials and contractors in the purchase and transportation of materials such as fly ash and limestone required for cement manufacturing, the government tried to hide the said CAG report without ordering any kind of investigation into it or trying to find the culprits and recover the amount of loss from them.

Our organization (Anti-Corruption and Human Rights Protection Council), which was working as a center in Palakkad, came to public attention through strong protests against this action of the government. As the government did not listen to the petitions and protests, the organization decided to bring the said corruption case to the attention of the High Court. Based on that, the President filed a Public Interest Litigation for the organization in 2006.