The world's biggest cola companies have won their legal battle to overturn a ban on their products in the southern Indian state of Kerala. A court has ruled that the ban on sale and production of Coca-Cola and Pepsi was "harsh, unjust and arbitrary". The ban was imposed in August following a report by a Delhi-based NGO that the drinks contained harmful pesticides...In their order, the judges said they were setting aside the government order because "the ban order issued by the state government was not within the legal powers that rest with the government". They said they found merit in the companies' arguments that the government had not independently verified the quality of the products before imposing the ban...A disappointed Kerala government has said it will appeal against the verdict.