{"id":144916,"date":"2008-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/pushpa-kumari-vs-the-principal-on-9-july-2008"},"modified":"2014-02-24T07:55:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T02:25:22","slug":"pushpa-kumari-vs-the-principal-on-9-july-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/pushpa-kumari-vs-the-principal-on-9-july-2008","title":{"rendered":"Pushpa Kumari vs The Principal on 9 July, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Pushpa Kumari vs The Principal on 9 July, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWA.No. 1351 of 2004(A)\n\n\n1. PUSHPA KUMARI,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. SYAMALA P.G.,\n3. LEELA M.V., SUPPLIER,\n4. OMANA K.S., SUPPLIER,\n5. KANAKAMMA P., SUPPLIER,\n6. BABY K.E., SUPPLIER,\n7. JAGADAMMA, HELPER,\n8. VIJKAYAMMA, HELPER,\n9. BHAVANIAMMA, HELPER,\n10. THANKAMMA, MAIN COOK,\n11. AGNES, COOK,\n12. LAKSHMIKUTTY, COOK,\n13. SANTHA, COOK,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE PRINCIPAL,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE PROFESSOR AND WARDEN,\n\n3. THE LABOUR COURT, KOLLAM.\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.M.V.MATHEW\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.M.K.DAMODARAN (SR.)\n\nThe Hon'ble the Chief Justice MR.H.L.DATTU\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice A.K.BASHEER\n\n Dated :09\/07\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n
                 H.L. DATTU, C.J. & A.K. BASHEER, J.\n<\/p>\n
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                               W.A. No. 1351 of 2004\n<\/p>\n
             – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –\n<\/p>\n
                      Dated this the 9th day of July, 2008
\n                                         Judgment
\nH.L. Dattu, C. J:\n<\/p>\n
       Sri.Biju Martin ,learned counsel appearing for Sri.M.V.Mathew submits<\/p>\n
that he has not received any instructions from the appellants. That only means that<\/p>\n
the appellants are not interested in prosecuting this appeal. Therefore the appeal is<\/p>\n
rejected for non-prosecution.\n<\/p>\n
       Ordered accordingly.\n<\/p>\n
                                                                              H.L. DATTU
\n                                                                             Chief Justice<\/p>\n
                                                                            A.K. BASHEER
\n                                                                                  Judge<\/p>\n
an.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court Pushpa Kumari vs The Principal on 9 July, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WA.No. 1351 of 2004(A) 1. PUSHPA KUMARI, … Petitioner 2. SYAMALA P.G., 3. LEELA M.V., SUPPLIER, 4. OMANA K.S., SUPPLIER, 5. KANAKAMMA P., SUPPLIER, 6. BABY K.E., SUPPLIER, 7. JAGADAMMA, HELPER, 8. VIJKAYAMMA, HELPER, 9. 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