Kerala High Court Restrains Use Of Private Petrol Pump Toilets As Public Facilities

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday asked IOCL, HPCL, and BPCL to file counter-affidavits clarifying whether their dealership agreements require petrol pump washrooms to be open to the general public.

While HPCL and BPCL said the agreements don’t mention it, they cited marketing guidelines allowing use by “transiting travellers”, which they claimed includes the general public. 

The Court was hearing a plea against the State’s attempt to convert private outlet washrooms into public toilets.

The interim order against such conversions has been extended by a week.

[Petroleum Traders Welfare and Legal Service Society v State of Kerala]