{"id":154501,"date":"2008-11-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-j-joseph-vs-state-of-kerala-on-5-november-2008"},"modified":"2014-05-27T12:20:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T06:50:07","slug":"m-j-joseph-vs-state-of-kerala-on-5-november-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/m-j-joseph-vs-state-of-kerala-on-5-november-2008","title":{"rendered":"M.J.Joseph vs State Of Kerala on 5 November, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">M.J.Joseph vs State Of Kerala on 5 November, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 12334 of 2007(R)\n\n\n1. M.J.JOSEPH, AGED 43 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE,\n\n3. ASST.EXCISE COMMISSIONER,\n\n4. THE BRANCH MANAGER, STATE BANK OF\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.JACOB VARGHESE (SR.)\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.M.PATHROSE MATTHAI (SR.)\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :05\/11\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                          KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n                ---------------------------------------\n                    W.P.(C) No.12334 OF 2007\n                 ---------------------------------------\n          Dated this the 5th day of November, 2008.\n\n\n                            J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>      This writ petition is filed with the following prayer:<\/p>\n<p>      i)    Issue a writ of mandamus or such other writ, order or<\/p>\n<p>            direction, directing the respondents to release the<\/p>\n<p>            petitioner&#8217;s bank guarantee and release the amount from<\/p>\n<p>            4th respondent bank.\n<\/p>\n<p>      Petitioner has submitted Exhibit P6 petition before the third<\/p>\n<p>respondent. In case no orders have been passed on Exhibit P6,<\/p>\n<p>petitioner may produce a copy of this judgment along with copy<\/p>\n<p>of the writ petition before the third respondent, in which case,<\/p>\n<p>appropriate action in accordance with law will be taken by the<\/p>\n<p>third respondent within another three months.<\/p>\n<p>      This writ petition is disposed of as above.<\/p>\n<p>                                          KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>smp<\/p>\n<p> KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>W.P.(C) No.12334 OF 2007<\/p>\n<p>     J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n<p>      05.11.2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court M.J.Joseph vs State Of Kerala on 5 November, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 12334 of 2007(R) 1. M.J.JOSEPH, AGED 43 YEARS, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE &#8230; Respondent 2. COMMISSIONER OF EXCISE, 3. ASST.EXCISE COMMISSIONER, 4. 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