{"id":18156,"date":"2008-10-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/a-m-shanmughan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-29-october-2008"},"modified":"2019-01-25T10:44:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T05:14:32","slug":"a-m-shanmughan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-29-october-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/a-m-shanmughan-vs-state-of-kerala-on-29-october-2008","title":{"rendered":"A.M. Shanmughan vs State Of Kerala on 29 October, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">A.M. Shanmughan vs State Of Kerala on 29 October, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 966 of 2005(M)\n\n\n1. A.M. SHANMUGHAN, SECRETARY,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ALAPPUZHA.\n\n3. THE SECRETARY, KERALA STATE\n\n4. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER,\n\n5. DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICER (HEALTH)\n\n6. THANEERMUKKOM GRAMAPANCHAYATH,\n\n7. MC DOWELL AND COMPANY LIMITED,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.N.RADHAKRISHNAN\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.G.GOPAKUMAR,SC, KSPCB\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :29\/10\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                        KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n              ----------------------------------------------\n                    W.P.(C) No.966 of 2005\n              ----------------------------------------------\n                  Dated 29th October, 2008.\n\n                          J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>          Petitioner     approached       this    court     with certain<\/p>\n<p>grievances regarding the alleged pollution caused by the 7th<\/p>\n<p>respondent.   It is brought to the notice of this court that the<\/p>\n<p>functioning of the company is strictly in accordance with the<\/p>\n<p>conditions stipulated in the consent given by the Pollution Control<\/p>\n<p>Board to the company. Therefore, in case the petitioner has still<\/p>\n<p>any grievance left, he may either approach the Pollution Control<\/p>\n<p>Board or work out the remedy before the civil court.<\/p>\n<p>          The writ petition is disposed of as above.<\/p>\n<p>                                           KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p>tgs<\/p>\n<p>                KURIAN JOSEPH, J<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-\n<\/p>\n<p>            W.P.(C) No. 966 of 2005\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                  J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n<p>           Dated 29th October, 2008.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court A.M. Shanmughan vs State Of Kerala on 29 October, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 966 of 2005(M) 1. A.M. 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