{"id":139464,"date":"2007-02-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-12T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-kerala-vs-krishnankutty-nair-on-13-february-2007"},"modified":"2014-03-20T04:42:29","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T23:12:29","slug":"state-of-kerala-vs-krishnankutty-nair-on-13-february-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-kerala-vs-krishnankutty-nair-on-13-february-2007","title":{"rendered":"State Of Kerala vs Krishnankutty Nair on 13 February, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">State Of Kerala vs Krishnankutty Nair on 13 February, 2007<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nLA App No. 977 of 2004(D)\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA.\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. KRISHNANKUTTY NAIR,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.SANTHEEP ANKARATH\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.T.SANKARAN\n\n Dated :13\/02\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n             KURIAN JOSEPH &amp;  K.T.SANKARAN,  JJ.\n\n                ----------------------------------------------\n\n              L.A.A.Nos.977\/04, 475\/05 and 351\/06\n\n                ----------------------------------------------\n\n                   Dated 13th    February,  2007.\n\n\n                            J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>Sankaran, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>            In   these   cases,   the   reference   court   relied   on   the<\/p>\n<p>common judgment in L.A.R.Nos.11 and 13 of 2001 on the file of<\/p>\n<p>the Additional Sub Court, Kottayam.   We have already dismissed<\/p>\n<p>the   appeals   arising   out   of   the   above   judgment,   by   judgment<\/p>\n<p>dated 13.2.2007 in L.A.A.Nos.1378 and 1495 of 2003.  Therefore,<\/p>\n<p>these appeals are also dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>I.A.1328\/05 in L.A.A.475\/05 : Dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>I.A.1226\/06 in L.A.A.351\/06 : Dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                             KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                              K.T.SANKARAN, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>tgs<\/p>\n<p>KURIAN JOSEPH &amp; K.T.SANKARAN, JJ<\/p>\n<p>  &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-\n<\/p>\n<p>            L.A.A. NO.  OF  2004<\/p>\n<p>  &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n<p>      Dated 13th    February, 2007.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court State Of Kerala vs Krishnankutty Nair on 13 February, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM LA App No. 977 of 2004(D) 1. STATE OF KERALA. &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. KRISHNANKUTTY NAIR, &#8230; Respondent For Petitioner :GOVERNMENT PLEADER For Respondent :SRI.SANTHEEP ANKARATH The Hon&#8217;ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH The Hon&#8217;ble [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>State Of Kerala vs Krishnankutty Nair on 13 February, 2007 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-kerala-vs-krishnankutty-nair-on-13-february-2007\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State Of Kerala vs Krishnankutty Nair on 13 February, 2007 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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