Kerala HC says investors wary of 'nokku-kooli'

The Kerala High Court on Friday lashed out against the State government on the practice of 'nokku-kooli' (organised extortion by labour unions) due to which investors are afraid to come to the State. Justice Devan Ramachandran, hearing a plea of a businessman from Kollam over the issue, said the recent incident of the demand for nokku-kooli by a section of people to allow a truck of Indian Space Research Organisation into the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre facility at Thumba in Thiruvananthapuram was a disgrace to the State. The court said if the State government wants to attract businesses, it should stop the trade unions from extortion.