Biowatch takes its battle for costs to Constitutional Court.

Byline: Ernest Mabuza

Biowatch takes its battle for costs to Constitutional Court Legal Affairs Correspondent A NONGOVERNMENTAL organisation that won a court battle but was ordered to pay legal costs will now approach the Constitutional Court to argue why it should not pay the legal costs.

The matter started in 2003 when Biowatch Trust applied to the Pretoria High Court for an order that the agriculture minister and the registrar for genetic resources provide information that would shed light on the basis for decisions about permitting genetically modified crops in SA.

Monsanto SA, a producer of genetically modified food, joined the court …