{"id":166687,"date":"2008-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-01T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-joe-jacob-k-vs-state-of-kerala-on-2-may-2008"},"modified":"2017-04-01T16:02:52","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T10:32:52","slug":"dr-joe-jacob-k-vs-state-of-kerala-on-2-may-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/dr-joe-jacob-k-vs-state-of-kerala-on-2-may-2008","title":{"rendered":"Dr.Joe Jacob.K. vs State Of Kerala on 2 May, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Dr.Joe Jacob.K. vs State Of Kerala on 2 May, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 13796 of 2008(P)\n\n\n1. DR.JOE JACOB.K., PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL EDUCATION,\n\n3. DR.JOHN MATHAI, PROFESSOR,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.S.P.ARAVINDAKSHAN PILLAY\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice PIUS C.KURIAKOSE\n\n Dated :02\/05\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n<p>                       PIUS C. KURIAKOSE, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>                   &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\n                    W.P.(C) NO. 13796 of 2008\n<\/p>\n<p>                   &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\n             Dated this the 2nd      day of May , 2008<\/p>\n<p>                             JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>     The learned counsel for the petitioner seeks leave to withdraw<\/p>\n<p>from the writ petition.  The leave is granted and the writ petition is<\/p>\n<p>dismissed as withdrawn.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                               PIUS C. KURIAKOSE<br \/>\n                                                     JUDGE<br \/>\ndpk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Dr.Joe Jacob.K. vs State Of Kerala on 2 May, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 13796 of 2008(P) 1. DR.JOE JACOB.K., PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE &#8230; Respondent 2. THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL EDUCATION, 3. 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