{"id":208183,"date":"2010-01-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/saji-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-on-20-january-2010"},"modified":"2015-03-20T05:13:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T23:43:31","slug":"saji-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-on-20-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/saji-vs-state-of-kerala-represented-by-on-20-january-2010","title":{"rendered":"Saji vs State Of Kerala Represented By &#8230; on 20 January, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Saji vs State Of Kerala Represented By &#8230; on 20 January, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 28977 of 2007(Y)\n\n\n1. SAJI, AGED 28 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE EXCISE COMMISSIONER,\n\n3. THE ASST.EXCISE COMMISSIONER,\n\n4. THE EXCISE INSPECTOR,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.C.C.THOMAS (SR.)\n\n                For Respondent  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice ANTONY DOMINIC\n\n Dated :20\/01\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n<p>                      ANTONY DOMINIC, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>          W.P.(C.)&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- 2007<br \/>\n                   Nos.28977 (Y) &amp; 29935 (L) of\n<\/p>\n<p>             &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n            Dated, this the 20th day of January, 2010<\/p>\n<p>                          J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n<p>      The issue raised in these writ petitions is covered against the<\/p>\n<p>petitioners by the judgment of this Court in <a href=\"\/doc\/1475953\/\">Komalan v. State of<\/p>\n<p>Kerala &amp; Others<\/a> (2009(2) KLT 744).       In view of this, these writ<\/p>\n<p>petitions are dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                 (ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE)<br \/>\njg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Saji vs State Of Kerala Represented By &#8230; on 20 January, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 28977 of 2007(Y) 1. SAJI, AGED 28 YEARS, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY &#8230; Respondent 2. THE EXCISE COMMISSIONER, 3. THE ASST.EXCISE COMMISSIONER, 4. 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