{"id":247814,"date":"2006-12-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-12T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-r-vasudevan-vs-union-of-india-on-13-december-2006"},"modified":"2017-01-29T22:16:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T16:46:26","slug":"k-r-vasudevan-vs-union-of-india-on-13-december-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-r-vasudevan-vs-union-of-india-on-13-december-2006","title":{"rendered":"K.R.Vasudevan vs Union Of India on 13 December, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">K.R.Vasudevan vs Union Of India on 13 December, 2006<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 35539 of 2003(E)\n\n\n1. K.R.VASUDEVAN, KIRANGAT MANA,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FORESTS,\n\n3. THE CHIEF WILD LIFE WARDEN, KERALA,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.N.MAHESH\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :13\/12\/2006\n\n O R D E R\n                      KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n\n           ----------------------------------------------\n\n                W.P.(C) No.35539 of 2003\n\n           ----------------------------------------------\n\n              Dated 13th    December,  2006.\n\n\n                        J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">           In   the   matter   of   permission   to   purchase   an<\/p>\n<p>elephant   from   Assam,   there  is   already   an   interim   order<\/p>\n<p>dated 12.11.2003.  The writ petition is hence disposed of<\/p>\n<p>in terms of the said interim order.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">                                    KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_2\">tgs<\/p>\n<p>              KURIAN JOSEPH, J<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_3\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_4\">               O.P.No.  of  2002<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_5\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_1\"><p>                  J U D G M E N T<\/p>\n<p>         Dated 13th   December,  2006.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court K.R.Vasudevan vs Union Of India on 13 December, 2006 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 35539 of 2003(E) 1. K.R.VASUDEVAN, KIRANGAT MANA, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. UNION OF INDIA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent 2. 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