{"id":146169,"date":"2010-08-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shaji-v-james-vs-the-circle-inspector-of-police-on-20-august-2010"},"modified":"2016-10-18T22:19:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T16:49:38","slug":"shaji-v-james-vs-the-circle-inspector-of-police-on-20-august-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shaji-v-james-vs-the-circle-inspector-of-police-on-20-august-2010","title":{"rendered":"Shaji V.James vs The Circle Inspector Of Police on 20 August, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Shaji V.James vs The Circle Inspector Of Police on 20 August, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 25888 of 2010(I)\n\n\n1. SHAJI V.JAMES, D\/O. V.A.JAMES,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,\n\n3. JAYAN ANTONY, S\/O. ANTONY A.A.,\n\n4. JUDESON ANTONY, S\/O. ANTONY A.A.,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.K.R.SUNIL\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.VIJU ABRAHAM\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.M.JOSEPH\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice M.L.JOSEPH FRANCIS\n\n Dated :20\/08\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n           K.M.JOSEPH &amp; M.L.JOSEPH FRANCIS, JJ.\n         ------------------------------------------------------\n                  W.P.(C) No.25888 of 2010 I\n            ----------------------------------------------\n           Dated, this the 20th day of August, 2010\n\n                          J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>K.M.Joseph, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>               Petitioner has approached this Court alleging that<\/p>\n<p>there is threat to her life from respondents 3 and 4. It is<\/p>\n<p>pointed out by the learned Government Pleader that the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner has not made any demand.              Without making a<\/p>\n<p>demand it is not open to a party to approach this Court<\/p>\n<p>seeking a writ of mandamus. In such circumstances, we are<\/p>\n<p>not inclined to entertain this writ petition.       It is open to the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner to make a demand for protection as against<\/p>\n<p>respondents 3 and 4 and if there is no action on the same she<\/p>\n<p>is free to approach this Court again.<\/p>\n<p>                                              (K.M.JOSEPH)<br \/>\n                                                  JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                          (M.L.JOSEPH FRANCIS)<br \/>\n                                                  JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>MS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Shaji V.James vs The Circle Inspector Of Police on 20 August, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 25888 of 2010(I) 1. SHAJI V.JAMES, D\/O. V.A.JAMES, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, &#8230; Respondent 2. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, 3. JAYAN ANTONY, S\/O. ANTONY A.A., 4. 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