{"id":154791,"date":"2009-03-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009"},"modified":"2016-11-17T02:08:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T20:38:35","slug":"sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sri H D Kulkarni S\/O. Late H P … vs The Secretary Department Of Home … on 9 March, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Sri H D Kulkarni S\/O. Late H P … vs The Secretary Department Of Home … on 9 March, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) And K.L.Manjunath<\/div>\n
 AND: 'V\n\n \u00b0=.__;1' I THE4sEt:REii'ARY\n\n\u00bb.....,..,,,.\u00ab~''\n\nIN THE HIGH COURT 0? KARNATAKA AT \n\n_;..\n\nDATED THIS THE 9\" my OF MARCH   \nPRESENT      %%\nmm HOIPBLE MR. P.D. n1nAKARA\u00a7I;AjV\u00a7iI:\u00a3'.\ufb01'_,rtI\u00a7'i\u00a7cE__\nAw  HA _  .  ( _  V\nTHE HoN'3LE   3\nWRIT PETIT_I_ON  RES) \n\nBETWEEN:\n\n1 SRIH DKU1,3s:;\\\u00a7r:5;i'__._V_ ~ j _ \nAGE 37 YE15i1RS_.-u\"   ,    V.\nS\/O. LATE H'=.1\u00bb?\":)EyA1;x;i--V  ~  \nWORKING TAs.,1iNsPF;CrORV'0F Pcmica\nMANIPAL PeL1(:--\u00a7I.:,--s'rAT1'G_N-.,____ . '\n\nUDUPI 'I'AL'L}_K _\n\nUDUPI m:3_'m1c'1*=. V W\n - -_ PETETEONER\n\n(By 3:; ; .i\u00a7}%N{j\u00a7ANATHA\"S ADVOCATE)\n\n  VQEPARTMENT OF' HOME\n' ..fwAN'U..fI'RANSPOR'I' DEPT.\n3 GQVLT. OF KARNATAKA\n-  VIDHANA SOUDHA\n\nT -  __1:>:'R. AMBEBKAR VEEDHI\n BANGALORE-1\n\n\n\n7\u00a7 '\u00bb.:IfRII3IINAL;~BANGAIAORE AND DISMISS THE SAID APPLICATION\n NC. 4732;'-2oO_E.~ , \n\n:'*'I*IIIjs IIII\u20acI'I' PETITION COMING up FOR PRELIMINARY\n ; '[_HE}_AR'iN(}'*--..ON THIS DAY, THE COURT DELIVERED THE\n FOLLOWIl'\u20acG:--\n\n2 THE CHAIRMAN  j  I-  , \"  Q\nCADRE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY    \nAND THE DIRECTOR GENERAL AND\nINSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE   \nFOR KARNATAKA A '\nNRUPATUNGA ROAD\nBANGALORE-1\n\n3 THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLIGICFQE.\nUDUPITALUK \"2\nUDUPI DISTRICT\n\n4 SR1. B. GANAPATHI ACHARYA  \nAGE 55 YEARS    \nS\/C) LATESR1NI7iTAS_AA\u00a7CHARV.\u00abi   \nWORKING As' i._NS'I}?EC'FQ'R OF PO_I..I.CE \nCHESCOM,;CH}iMR'AI}NA($AR~.V   A\nMYSORE DI\ufb02R.!.(1\"}' '  \n\nH  RESPONDENTS<\/pre>\n
(By SR1: B vIs:EI%APPA,’AOA’~—I\u00a7OR’ R1 TO R3; Sri K PRASAB
\nHEGDE, ADV. FOi?__C,\u00bb’.R4}. ‘   <\/p>\n
THIS ;w”RIfI’ I=\u00bbE’rI’.I’_IO’N IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND
\n2\u00a3”7*()_F THE \u00a33GN_S’TITU’FI-GP.’ OF’ INDIA PRAYING TO CALL FOR
\nRECORDS’ REI;ATIN_G TO APPLICATION NO. 4732\/2003 AND
\nQuAsH.AA’ND SE’I’–ASiDE THE ORBER MADE IN APPLICATION NO.
\n4?32\/’:”B()G8 j  9.;;:-:..2OO9 VIDE ANX–A PASSED BY THE<\/p>\n
J’UDGh!EN’T<\/p>\n
(Delivered ‘by P.D.Dinakaran,    e<\/p>\n
The above writ petition is  the  <\/p>\n
dated 911 February 2009 in appneeeon 1\\2e,4?32,:e2%e;;>\u00e93rVeeigttie ff,<\/p>\n
\ufb01le of Karnataka Administrative   where
\nthe 4th respondent herein orders  transfer
\ndated 4th September    challenged
\nbefore the Tx~:bu;ee:  The said
\napplication    by the Tribunal by
\norder datedi:_Sth_  ” giving liberty to the 43*
\nrespondent  t\u00ab:}’fi1e’V.’21pp1ication before the Cadre
\n the Cadre Management Authority<\/p>\n
byereeree ciat.ed. September 2003 dismissed the review<\/p>\n
  1  was challenged before Tribunal in<\/p>\n
_ _T’A;.)p1ieatiour1 No.:f1;f32\/ 2008.<\/p>\n
A  ‘T133; the impugned orders of transfer dated 4&1<\/p>\n
  2008 and 2433* September 2008, the 4th respendent<\/p>\n
4 “=\u00a2ar.a;if.S;’11’ansferred from Manipal Police Station, Udupi District to<\/p>\n
CHESCOM, Chameraganagar, whiie the petitioner   _<\/p>\n
was arrayed as 491 respondent in the app1iea1_:ion.: fL\\efo:fee. the * V. <\/p>\n
Tribunal was transferred from CSP,   ”<\/p>\n
Station, Udupi District in the pl:-1:(_:e.. of 4m” fespondefnt..H1f;e\u00a7L”ein  =<\/p>\n
who was applicant in Application Neigwsepg 2eee;e  <\/p>\n
3. The ease of the appeeae;,zee eee’;;eeaene herein was
\nthat his transfer Was_:at__  epiesdpdondent in the
\napplication b\ufb01fol\ufb01’    Sri Raghupathi
\nBhat, a Member’ from ‘Udupi Taluk
\nand Udupi  the 531 respondent Viz, Sri
\nRaghupathi ehe: denied the said allegation
\nreeade’    herein. The Writ petitioner, who<\/p>\n
eeeeeeyveeee ;4\u00a7\u00a7”‘respondent before the Tribunal, did not<\/p>\n
 L\u00bb-..eentest’   and though a Counsel represented<\/p>\n
_  only vedopted the stand of the Government<\/p>\n
    grievance of the applicant] 4th respondent before<\/p>\n
.  is that he took all sincere efforts to investigate inte<\/p>\n
e_:th\u00bbe:.’a]leged murder of Smt.Padmapriya who was none other<\/p>\n
,_.. V\/5:3
\n>. , x}<\/p>\n
\\ : r’ .s:: .\n<\/p>\n
1 ti 2.? N_.. -n’  ”\n<\/p>\n
i.\u00abe%\u00a7~”””‘\u00a7<\/p>\n
-10-<\/span><\/p>\n
arrest of Sri Athul Rao. May be, it may be<\/p>\n
the case that it was not for him to interfere T  ‘V<\/p>\n
in the investigation bui it cannot be <\/p>\n
that the Sm Respondent had neMkn0w1edgej~..   \u00e9 _
\nabout the arrest of the said $ri    <\/p>\n
even on the date of
\nstatement which is “da_7ted.’*  T\ufb01is <\/p>\n
appears to us Verj?’  .;\u00a75\u00e9.\u20ac1\ufb01C’t13ar1y
\nbeing a Member of
\nand being  ” ‘(si}1ce his
\nwife xva\u00e9i   ‘bedy could
\n   or ignorant
\nof fhe  or the accused
\neven ‘<')z:1   the culprit was
\nar;:–e.s1;ed \u00e9is \u00a7\u00a7.O6.2008 as per the
\n  In fact, this incident<\/p>\n
 '  '"iE:1(\u00a7i  and has become sensational
\n ~_ 'issue'   in the State of Karnataka
\nbut am.  India which this Tribunal could<\/p>\n
tak\u00e9:.,!j\u00a31dicia1 notice of it However, We do<\/p>\n
   want to say anything in this regapd.
\n Bixt, we feel that a MLA who is a pubiic
\n \ufb01gure making such a statement that he<\/p>\n
had no knowledge about the arrest of Sri
\nAthul Rao etc., even on 18.12.2008 is very<\/p>\n
-11..\n<\/p>\n
absurd. However, we do not see a. simpiews’
\nsentence in the three transfer \ufb01les   V”  ”<\/p>\n
there is any interference V–by  ‘\u00e9  V
\nRespondent. But, We feel, L th\ufb01s\ufb01    <\/p>\n
transfers appear to be’ .r11ade._V_’over , <\/p>\n
telephone conversation  ever: “‘\ufb02:\u00a3e <\/p>\n
approvai of the Ho\ufb02fble  ivsmst\u00e9re ‘is <\/p>\n
taken over phone vfihen  ,QI1ief
\nMinister wasain
\nWorld Kar;_i1\u00e9t\u00a71erC,o3nfereiice’ Qfzeos”. We
\nexpress  ” V     with
\nsuch   “i’oHowir1g the
\n held 3 to he statutory
\nva1ue”by4’t13is’%huhe1′: ‘o\u00a7er time and again
\nsince 2065 \u00e9xpplications. We are<\/p>\n
 to  what was the public:\n<\/p>\n
‘ ;”iI1terest.,’\u00abui1<1er what exigencies the transfer<\/p>\n
 ._ 's2'.ere'v f\ufb01:ad"e;;""' The new Government 39<\/p>\n
 .i'.w'tfi1e Police force (as filed in the<\/p>\n
repijg statement) can': pass any orders in<\/p>\n
" ff  ifs, whims and fancies. The transfer
\n gtiidelfhes dated 22.11.2001 and
\n (}'?'.0?.20f}8 which this mbunai time and<\/p>\n
again has held has got statutory powers<\/p>\n
-12-<\/span><\/p>\n
and the viola\ufb01on of which vitiates  ll<\/p>\n
transfer.\n<\/p>\n
19. While passing the ixI1p”\u00a3_igI*1e:l\u00e9_
\nthese transfer guidelines ‘given_la..”V _ ”
\nclear go\u00ab–by. Nothing is Vfis\ufb01qwed;-.. HOW  <\/p>\n
Home Minister could ge\u20acl”V.r1a.\u00a51;es 2 Gft\ufb01e <\/p>\n
of\ufb01cers cencemedv a1sr}l.n_t5?;- fQrfh.eommg. <\/p>\n
We are also not
\nManagement. : ‘ ‘Authe\ufb01qr   ‘since
\nthey met4_V\u00e9s*1d\u00ab.I1\u00a7a’\u00a3ieidVlprizeeedirrgsl bur not as
\nper the   eeI\u00a7ror\u00a7*b1el ‘Tribunal.
\nThe”h.efld;’by \u00e9xjemllis very bald;
\nnot  lfgrrixd. V4 application of
\n2C\u00a7,~ \u00bb  ll ” irier\u00e9v,  the Applicant has<\/p>\n
 V’  . A riridergone several transfers during the<\/p>\n
  including the \ufb01ansfer under
\n A\u00e9the   order. The transfer<\/p>\n
gtrideli\ufb01ers highlights that the concerned<\/p>\n
 AA Ca\u00e9remanagement Authority shall initiate<\/p>\n
V’ , _t;r’;_-msfers. The transfers shall not be<\/p>\n
 premature; it shall not be made dlmrlg the<\/p>\n
 middle of the academic year. The transfers<\/p>\n
shall M in public interest. We do not \ufb01nd
\nar1ything in the impugzed order but see<\/p>\n
.5 ;\n<\/p>\n
Wgw …………. .-\n<\/p>\n
5,<\/p>\n
-13-<\/span><\/p>\n
just utter vioia\ufb01on of the transfer
\nguidelines.\n<\/p>\n
2}. For the reasons narrated above,  _ _
\nallow this application and quash both  “ii: \u00ab A
\nimpugned orders dated 04.e0\u00e9;20otse\u00abtTand.t_’:~_{%’V’
\n24.09.2003 in so far as it reiateszto . . ‘
\nApplicant and the 4th pondem;__.
\nApplicant shall be ‘to   <\/p>\n
his tenure at   01\u00a2”<\/p>\n
\nRespondents are at    \n\noniy in  keeping in\n\nmind the    dated\n<\/pre>\n
22.11.2001’ta:e;q 7′;07.;’2i003[;”0 Vt; <\/p>\n
6. Froxnathe\u00e9h ‘above, it is clear that the 493
\nrespondent herein to pg}-ove himseif to be independent
\nwithout  ;inte;(‘i’erei1ee.__.ir: the course of his investigation,<\/p>\n
 \u00a7a%e\u00bb ‘appreciate. The Tribune} in the order<\/p>\n
 sedated   extracted above have clearly speci\ufb01ed<\/p>\n
.j’_}:f:h:a4.t’._’Vt.2’1e irnpu\u00a71ed orders su\ufb01er from mala\ufb01de and<\/p>\n
 ‘ and the same is contrary to the guideiines but<\/p>\n
.  in public interest.\n<\/p>\n
-14-<\/span><\/p>\n
7. While 90, the petitioner hexein who is an  V’<\/p>\n
to Manipal Police Station from where the  ” ‘ <\/p>\n
herein was transferred contends  <\/p>\n
is justified and does not su\ufb02er  ttorbitraieriness  V <\/p>\n
mala\ufb01de exercise of power and  event,  goide\ufb01nes
\nrelied upon by the 4:31 Ies’;dondent will not nave any
\nstatutory force. In support…    the learned
\ncounse}. places  toe
\n(1)  of Karnataka
\nand others*V{(1\u00a793}.4:1’\u00ab\u00bbSCC 54);
\n(2) State of Tainilnf’ ffhiru K.S.Murugese.I1
\nand others, ((1995) Assoc 273);\n<\/p>\n
 _ (3)  “IE~I3s(d’1’oel:\u00a2_3et:’ic Power Corporation
\n  e .VLtd}\u00a7i. seehagw ddddd an ((2001) 3 sec. 574).<\/p>\n
   Contrary, the learned Addl. Government<\/p>\n
 *’?Adx{oee.te  Veerappa, of course, based on the written<\/p>\n
  from the Police Department dated 7&1 March<\/p>\n
   fiairiy submits that they do not propose to challenge the<\/p>\n
-15..\n<\/p>\n
order of transfer any further, however, the  <\/p>\n
decided to impiement the orders of transfer.<\/p>\n
9. The letter dated 7&1 March 200″?  ox; 1*1’e1″ieiu13d\u00a5efi:.V.__ <\/p>\n
Ojf\ufb01oeyof the Director Ge:’\u00a3e=rciI . ‘
\nAnd Inapeaor General of Po.\u00a3ioe;w
\nKarnaiaka Siatt\u00e9’, Bangozlofe 5603901
\nNo.CB2. 92\/ 08-09  7  2009 Q’ ‘ i<\/p>\n
To<\/p>\n
The Government Advooaie  ”\n<\/p>\n
0\/ 0 Advocate Genera} ‘ Go<\/p>\n
High Court Building,
\nBangalore-560 003.   ‘<\/p>\n
SUB: W.p_.%ivo.39o6;x.?2ooi9–.i(KAT) on the file of the High
\nCour\u00a3”~.eof’* Kazrrmtaica at Bangalore — Sri HD<\/p>\n
j ‘K:\u00a3_Ika111i;  iMan:}9al PS, Uciupi Dist! VS\/the
\n”   to’ C-o_I;.t.’, Home Department. And others.<\/p>\n
   Yorir _No.4’76?’2\/GA\/ 08-09, D1. 13. 02.2009.<\/p>\n
Wiihiiifefere\ufb01ogeiilto the above, this is to iry”oarm you that the<\/p>\n
io_rde::V dateoi o9.o2.2oo9 of the Hor\ufb02bie Kamatczkcz Adrnirtistrutive<\/p>\n
.  Bangaiore in the application No.47’32\/2008 is under
\n  for implementation after obtaining approval of the
\n  as we?! as the approval of the Election Commission, as<\/p>\n
  ‘ .._\u00a7hg”Eioeiion Commission of India has armouzwed General Elections to<\/p>\n
F’ ‘ ~  Sabho.-2009.\n<\/p>\n
‘ ” “ei1’ibe;\u00a7iesi,one reader by the learned counsel appearing for the<\/p>\n
-16..\n<\/p>\n
It is requested to bring this to the kind notice of tfze”:
\nHigh Court of Kamataka and it is further requested in   ~
\nweek:’s time to implement the Orders of the Hon’b1e  V  V’ <\/p>\n
\u00a5ouz\u00a7.faigrge\u00a3r1y,’ee.._.’   M<\/p>\n
 For
\nvifmepeczrfbr Genera?’  Police.\n<\/p>\n
10. Since the Government stated that;
\nthe orders of trz;nefer5Al}\u00a7szeu1\u00a7\u00a7  ilrxpleme\ufb01ied with a week’s
\ntime, we alse  -.efV_ti”1e Government in this<\/p>\n
regard.   — V    =
\n:1. Mr. KVVV_Prasas\u00a7_ Heg(ie..,__ ie\u00e9med counsel appearing for<\/p>\n
the 4111 res;>eoI_3deritV..1feiterated” the submissions, which were<\/p>\n
mega berg-he Hie Tmnag.\n<\/p>\n
12A:-..WeV___v’i’1e$\u00e9eAT given our careful consideration to the<\/p>\n
.e\u00e9\u00bb\u00bb””‘<\/p>\n
-17-<\/span><\/p>\n
13. Of course, it is settled law that <\/p>\n
i.x1ci,dex}.tal to the service conditions and it may z1oi:—-be4′ *<\/p>\n
be possible to demonstrate malice in\u00bb fact   in<\/p>\n
elaborate particulars. But it is settled   <\/p>\n
reasonable inference of maia \ufb01de  the  wtiich are
\nplaced before the Court,   be based on
\nfactual matrix without beiiigiij   ‘gmmises and<\/p>\n
conjectures.\n<\/p>\n
14. In Vane fact remams that the death
\nof Wife of 5″?”   Sri Raghupathi Bhat is
\nsi,1s\u00a73icio1Visi.:.aVI:id the respondent herein in the writ petition<\/p>\n
was ._i11tre’stigati\u00a31g\u00abvi,iiito the same. In this regarci, the Statien<\/p>\n
    stiinmoned and the Government produced<\/p>\n
 _   -. \u00ab– oi
\n  befozje the 1*:-iaouxzai\ufb01fghe Tribune}, after taking into<\/p>\n
‘L,<\/p>\n
 the entire factual matrix of the case came to the<\/p>\n
V’  that the impugxied transfer of-4111 respondent \ufb01om<\/p>\n
4j_”}~’IaJ\u00a7?ipa1 Poiice Station, Udupi District to CHESCOM,<\/p>\n
 Eihamarajanagar is mala\ufb01de and arbitrary but supported with<\/p>\n
-18..\n<\/p>\n
no public interest. It is un\u00e9er such circumstar3ees’,’ <\/p>\n
Tribunal reasonably inferred the mala\ufb01de  _  <\/p>\n
exercise of power and interfered with  <\/p>\n
transfer transferring the 431 respo1_;der1t—- from   o<\/p>\n
Station, Udupi District to cnEscap;;;cnag;m;az1agar. If at<\/p>\n
all, only the 531 respondehtk should
\nhave preferred an  of the Tribunal,
\nbut, the 5m   any appeal
\nagainst the   made party in the
\napplication   on the other hand, the
\nGovernment to implement the order of<\/p>\n
txfafxefer.  “J.’iCW of1;;w::’Inatter, in our considered opinion,<\/p>\n
chehhetgmp\u00e9ionj mt ‘ease of m Ym as V.<\/p>\n
tohotwresramhof  AND orrmns ((1993) 1 see 54)<\/p>\n
– j1ied..,upon ” the petitioner wili not help the case of the<\/p>\n
  : ‘es: the other hand, the same supports the case of<\/p>\n
.  respondent herein and that of the Government.<\/p>\n
If –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Sri H D Kulkarni S\/O. Late H P … vs The Secretary Department Of Home … on 9 March, 2009 Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) And K.L.Manjunath AND: ‘V \u00b0=.__;1′ I THE4sEt:REii’ARY \u00bb…..,..,,,.\u00ab~” IN THE HIGH COURT 0? KARNATAKA AT _;.. DATED THIS THE 9″ my OF MARCH PRESENT %% mm HOIPBLE MR. P.D. n1nAKARA\u00a7I;AjV\u00a7iI:\u00a3’.\ufb01’_,rtI\u00a7’i\u00a7cE__ […]<\/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":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nSri H D Kulkarni S\/O. Late H P ... vs The Secretary Department Of Home ... on 9 March, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & 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\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sri H D Kulkarni S\/O. Late H P ... vs The Secretary Department Of Home ... on 9 March, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-03-08T18:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-11-16T20:38:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@legaliadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Legal_india\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"Sri H D Kulkarni S\\\/O. Late H P … vs The Secretary Department Of Home … on 9 March, 2009\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-03-08T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-11-16T20:38:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009\"},\"wordCount\":1733,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"High Court\",\"Karnataka High Court\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009\",\"name\":\"Sri H D Kulkarni S\\\/O. Late H P ... vs The Secretary Department Of Home ... on 9 March, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-03-08T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-11-16T20:38:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sri H D Kulkarni S\\\/O. Late H P … vs The Secretary Department Of Home … on 9 March, 2009\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\",\"name\":\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"description\":\"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal India\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sri H D Kulkarni S\/O. Late H P ... vs The Secretary Department Of Home ... on 9 March, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sri H D Kulkarni S\/O. Late H P ... vs The Secretary Department Of Home ... on 9 March, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009","og_site_name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2009-03-08T18:30:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-11-16T20:38:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@legaliadmin","twitter_site":"@Legal_india","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"10 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"Sri H D Kulkarni S\/O. Late H P … vs The Secretary Department Of Home … on 9 March, 2009","datePublished":"2009-03-08T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2016-11-16T20:38:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009"},"wordCount":1733,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"articleSection":["High Court","Karnataka High Court"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009","name":"Sri H D Kulkarni S\/O. Late H P ... vs The Secretary Department Of Home ... on 9 March, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-03-08T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2016-11-16T20:38:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-h-d-kulkarni-so-late-h-p-vs-the-secretary-department-of-home-on-9-march-2009#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sri H D Kulkarni S\/O. Late H P … vs The Secretary Department Of Home … on 9 March, 2009"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","description":"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization","name":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","alternateName":"Legal India","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"modified_by":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}