{"id":155456,"date":"2011-01-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-02T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/public-interest-protection-vs-union-of-india-on-3-january-2011"},"modified":"2019-02-13T07:26:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T01:56:37","slug":"public-interest-protection-vs-union-of-india-on-3-january-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/public-interest-protection-vs-union-of-india-on-3-january-2011","title":{"rendered":"Public Interest Protection &#8230; vs Union Of India on 3 January, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Public Interest Protection &#8230; vs Union Of India on 3 January, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 30966 of 2010(S)\n\n\n1. PUBLIC INTEREST PROTECTION ASSOCIATION,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n\n3. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.RAMAKRISHNAN\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.T.P.M.IBRAHIM KHAN,ASST.S.G OF INDI\n\nThe Hon'ble the Chief Justice MR.J.CHELAMESWAR\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice P.R.RAMACHANDRA MENON\n\n Dated :03\/01\/2011\n\n O R D E R\n             J.Chelameswar, C.J. &amp; P.R.Ramachandra Menon, J.\n                         ------------------------------------------\n                              W.P.(C) No.30966 of 2010\n                         ------------------------------------------\n                     Dated this the 3rd day of January, 2011\n\n                                    JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>J.Chelameswar, C.J.<\/p>\n<p>              Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw<\/p>\n<p>the writ petition. Writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>                                                          J.Chelameswar,<br \/>\n                                                             Chief Justice<\/p>\n<p>                                                    P.R.Ramachandra Menon,<br \/>\n                                                             Judge<\/p>\n<p>vns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Public Interest Protection &#8230; vs Union Of India on 3 January, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 30966 of 2010(S) 1. PUBLIC INTEREST PROTECTION ASSOCIATION, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY &#8230; Respondent 2. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY 3. 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