{"id":117281,"date":"2008-01-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/merliz-logistics-p-ltd-vs-the-union-of-india-on-21-january-2008"},"modified":"2018-08-02T18:16:37","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T12:46:37","slug":"merliz-logistics-p-ltd-vs-the-union-of-india-on-21-january-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/merliz-logistics-p-ltd-vs-the-union-of-india-on-21-january-2008","title":{"rendered":"Merliz Logistics (P) Ltd vs The Union Of India on 21 January, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Merliz Logistics (P) Ltd vs The Union Of India on 21 January, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 33055 of 2007(I)\n\n\n1. MERLIZ LOGISTICS (P) LTD.,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS,\n\n3. THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS,\n\n4. THE ASST. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (I&amp;B),\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.A.M.SHAFFIQUE (SR.)\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.P.PARAMESWARAN NAIR,ASST.SOLICITOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN\n\n Dated :21\/01\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                              S.SIRI JAGAN, J.\n\n                          =======================\n\n                            W.P.(C) No.33005  of 2007 (I)\n\n                          =======================\n\n\n                    Dated this the   21st   day of January, 2008\n\n\n\n\n                                  JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>        It   is   submitted   by   the   counsel   for   the   petitioner   that<\/p>\n<p>subsequent to filing of the writ petition the 2nd respondent has<\/p>\n<p>reconsidered   the   matter   and   passed   a   fresh   order.     Petitioner<\/p>\n<p>seeks   the   permission   to   withdraw   this   writ   petition   without<\/p>\n<p>prejudice   to   the   right   of   the   petitioner   to   challenge   that   order.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly,   without   prejudice   to   challenge   the     orders   passed<\/p>\n<p>subsequently     to   the   filing,     this   writ   petition   is   dismissed   as<\/p>\n<p>withdrawn.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                    S.SIRI JAGAN,<\/p>\n<p>                                                       JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>jp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Merliz Logistics (P) Ltd vs The Union Of India on 21 January, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 33055 of 2007(I) 1. MERLIZ LOGISTICS (P) LTD., &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent 2. THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, 3. 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