{"id":234318,"date":"2008-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-kerala-vs-suma-bai-on-18-february-2008"},"modified":"2018-07-24T05:17:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T23:47:53","slug":"state-of-kerala-vs-suma-bai-on-18-february-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-kerala-vs-suma-bai-on-18-february-2008","title":{"rendered":"State Of Kerala vs Suma Bai on 18 February, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
State Of Kerala vs Suma Bai on 18 February, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nLA App No. 1012 of 2003()\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA.\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. SUMA BAI W\/O. LATE D.R.DAVID,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. RAJA D.S. S\/O. DO. DO.\n\n3. SHAJI D.S., DO. DO.\n\n4. SALINKUMAR, DO. DO.\n\n                For Petitioner  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice HARUN-UL-RASHID\n\n Dated :18\/02\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n           KURIAN JOSEPH &  HARUN-UL-RASHID,  JJ.\n\n                 ----------------------------------------------\n\n                        L.A.A.No.1012  OF  2003\n\n                 ----------------------------------------------\n\n                     Dated 18th  February, 2008.\n\n\n                              J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n
Kurian Joseph, J.\n<\/p>\n
C.M.Appln. No.470\/03 : Delay condoned.\n<\/p>\n
             This   appeal   is   directed   against   the   judgment   and<\/p>\n
decree in LAR 40\/99 on the file of the Sub Court, Neyyattinkara.\n<\/p>\n
It   is   submitted   that   the   relied   on   judgment   in   LAR   23\/99   has<\/p>\n
become   final,   by   the   judgment   in   LAA   764\/01.     Therefore,   this<\/p>\n
appeal is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n
                                                KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n
                                            HARUN-UL-RASHID, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n
tgs<\/p>\n
                    KURIAN JOSEPH &<\/p>\n
                HARUN-UL-RASHID, JJ<\/p>\n
———————————————-\n<\/p>\n
          L.A.A.  NO.1012  OF  2003<\/p>\n
———————————————-\n<\/p>\n
              J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n
      Dated 18th February, 2008.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court State Of Kerala vs Suma Bai on 18 February, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM LA App No. 1012 of 2003() 1. STATE OF KERALA. … Petitioner Vs 1. SUMA BAI W\/O. LATE D.R.DAVID, … Respondent 2. RAJA D.S. S\/O. DO. DO. 3. SHAJI D.S., DO. DO. 4. SALINKUMAR, […]<\/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":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nState Of Kerala vs Suma Bai on 18 February, 2008 - 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\/state-of-kerala-vs-suma-bai-on-18-february-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State Of Kerala vs Suma Bai on 18 February, 2008 - 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