{"id":149921,"date":"2009-08-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santhosh-joseph-vs-the-sub-inspector-of-police-on-27-august-2009"},"modified":"2019-04-10T18:37:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T13:07:20","slug":"santhosh-joseph-vs-the-sub-inspector-of-police-on-27-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/santhosh-joseph-vs-the-sub-inspector-of-police-on-27-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"Santhosh Joseph vs The Sub Inspector Of Police on 27 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Santhosh Joseph vs The Sub Inspector Of Police on 27 August, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 24710 of 2009(G)\n\n\n1. SANTHOSH JOSEPH, S\/O.JOSEPH JOSEPH,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THRISSUR.\n\n3. THE SECRETARY, MALAYATTOOR-\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.M.ZIRAJ\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.GIRI\n\n Dated :27\/08\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                            V.GIRI,J.\n                      -------------------------\n                 W.P ( C) No.24710 of 2009\n                     --------------------------\n              Dated this the 27th August,2009\n\n                       J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>     The vehicle bearing Reg.No.KL-37-3335 belonging<\/p>\n<p>to petitioner was allegedly seized for infraction of the<\/p>\n<p>provisions of the Kerala Protection of River Banks<\/p>\n<p>(Protection and Regulation of removal of sand) Act, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>He has approached the District Collector, the 2nd<\/p>\n<p>respondent for release of the vehicle and is aggrieved by<\/p>\n<p>the non-consideration of his request as such.<\/p>\n<p>     2.   The nature of the power exercised by the<\/p>\n<p>District Collector and the para meters within which such<\/p>\n<p>power is to be exercised have been dealt with by a Bench<\/p>\n<p>of this Court in Sanjayan Vs.Tahasildar        [2007 (4) KLT<\/p>\n<p>597). Principles have been reiterated in Subramanian Vs.<\/p>\n<p>State of Kerala [2009 (1) KLT 77).\n<\/p>\n<p>     3.     In Subramanian&#8217;s case, this Court observed<\/p>\n<p>that the power exercised by the District Collector is under<\/p>\n<p>Section 23 of the Kerala Protection of River Banks<\/p>\n<p>(Protection and Regulation of removal of sand) Act, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>W.P ( C) No.24710 of 2009<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It is also, therefore, quasi judicial in character. Reasons<\/p>\n<p>will have to be given by the District Collector       while<\/p>\n<p>passing orders under Section 23 of the Kerala Protection<\/p>\n<p>of River Banks (Protection and Regulation of removal of<\/p>\n<p>sand) Act, 2002 r\/w Rules 27 and 28 of Kerala Protection of<\/p>\n<p>River Banks and Regulation of Removal of Sand Rules<\/p>\n<p>2002. If there is a contention that the transportation of<\/p>\n<p>sand was supported by a pass issued by the competent<\/p>\n<p>local authority, that has to be referred.     The materials<\/p>\n<p>which are placed before      the District Collector  by the<\/p>\n<p>subordinate officials shall also be looked into.    This has<\/p>\n<p>been indicated in Subramanian&#8217;s case. If motion is made<\/p>\n<p>by the owner of the vehicle for release of the vehicle on<\/p>\n<p>interim custody, it will be subject to the conditions<\/p>\n<p>mentioned in paragraph 58 of the said judgment.         The<\/p>\n<p>District Collector may pass orders on such applications on<\/p>\n<p>interim custody. (The scope of the directions contained in<\/p>\n<p>Subramanian&#8217;s case have later been dealt with in Sareesh<\/p>\n<p>Vs. District Collector [2009(2) KLT 906].       Appropriate<\/p>\n<p>clarifications have been issued in the latter case). Further<\/p>\n<p>W.P ( C) No.24710 of 2009<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>conditions can be imposed in the course of release of the<\/p>\n<p>vehicle   as indicated by this Court in Shoukathali Vs.<\/p>\n<p>Tahasildar [2009 (1) KLT 640].\n<\/p>\n<p>      4.    Keeping in mind the observations made in the<\/p>\n<p>judgments in Shoukathali&#8217;s case and Subramanian&#8217;s case<\/p>\n<p>and Sareesh&#8217;s case which have been referred to, the 2nd<\/p>\n<p>respondent shall pass final orders in the matter of<\/p>\n<p>confiscation\/release of the vehicle in question after<\/p>\n<p>conducting an appropriate enquiry as early as possible, at<\/p>\n<p>any rate within three months from the date of receipt of a<\/p>\n<p>copy of this judgment.\n<\/p>\n<p>      5.    In the meanwhile, if motion    is made by the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner for interim custody of the vehicle bearing<\/p>\n<p>Reg.No.No.KL-37-3335 then orders shall be passed by the<\/p>\n<p>District Collector on the application for interim custody of<\/p>\n<p>the vehicle, within four weeks from the date of receipt of a<\/p>\n<p>copy of this judgment in the light of the observations<\/p>\n<p>contained in Shoukathali Vs. Tahasildar [2009 (1) KLT 640,<\/p>\n<p>Subramanian Vs. State of Kerala [2009 (1) KLT 77) and<\/p>\n<p>Sareesh Vs. District Collector [2009(2) KLT 906].<\/p>\n<p>W.P ( C) No.24710 of 2009<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                 4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>      6.    I make it clear that I have not considered the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner&#8217;s contentions on merits. It is up to the District<\/p>\n<p>Collector to consider whether the vehicle is to be released<\/p>\n<p>on interim custody or not.     It is also up to the District<\/p>\n<p>Collector to consider, in accordance with law, the question<\/p>\n<p>as to whether the vehicle belong to the petitioner has been<\/p>\n<p>used in a manner as to contravene the provisions of the Act<\/p>\n<p>and the Rules framed thereunder and as to whether the<\/p>\n<p>vehicle is liable for confiscation and pass final orders on<\/p>\n<p>that basis.\n<\/p>\n<p>      The writ petition is disposed of as above.       The<\/p>\n<p>petitioner shall produce copies of the judgment in<\/p>\n<p>Subramanian, Shoukathali and Sareesh along with the<\/p>\n<p>certified copy of this judgment before the 2nd respondent,<\/p>\n<p>for compliance.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                          (V.GIRI,JUDGE)<br \/>\nma<\/p>\n<p>W.P ( C) No.24710 of 2009<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                             5<\/span><\/p>\n<p>W.P ( C) No.24710 of 2009<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                             6<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                           (V.GIRI,JUDGE)<br \/>\nma<\/p>\n<p>W.P ( C) No.24710 of 2009<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                             7<\/span><\/p>\n<p>W.P ( C) No.24710 of 2009<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                             8<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                  (V.GIRI,JUDG<br \/>\n      E)<br \/>\nma<\/p>\n<p>W.P ( C) No.24710 of 2009<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                             9<\/span><\/p>\n<p>W.P ( C) No.24710 of 2009<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                             10<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Santhosh Joseph vs The Sub Inspector Of Police on 27 August, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 24710 of 2009(G) 1. SANTHOSH JOSEPH, S\/O.JOSEPH JOSEPH, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. THE SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, &#8230; Respondent 2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, THRISSUR. 3. THE SECRETARY, MALAYATTOOR- For Petitioner :SRI.P.M.ZIRAJ [&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-149921","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 v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Santhosh Joseph vs The Sub Inspector Of Police on 27 August, 2009 - 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\/santhosh-joseph-vs-the-sub-inspector-of-police-on-27-august-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Santhosh Joseph vs The Sub Inspector Of Police on 27 August, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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