{"id":253823,"date":"2007-11-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-28T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/koshy-meleveettil-koshy-vs-state-of-kerala-on-29-november-2007"},"modified":"2015-05-08T22:37:01","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T17:07:01","slug":"koshy-meleveettil-koshy-vs-state-of-kerala-on-29-november-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/koshy-meleveettil-koshy-vs-state-of-kerala-on-29-november-2007","title":{"rendered":"Koshy Meleveettil Koshy vs State Of Kerala on 29 November, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Koshy Meleveettil Koshy vs State Of Kerala on 29 November, 2007<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nOP No. 6914 of 2000(W)\n\n\n\n1. KOSHY MELEVEETTIL KOSHY\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.C.B.SREEKUMAR\n\n                For Respondent  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR\n\n Dated :29\/11\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                      C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J.\n\n                             -------------------------\n\n                            O.P. No. 6914 of 2000\n\n                        ---------------------------------\n\n             Dated, this the 29th day of November, 2007\n\n\n                                 J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">       In view of the decision in Thressiamma L. Chirayil Vs. State<\/p>\n<p>of Kerala,  reported in 2007(1) KLT 303, the demand of entry tax<\/p>\n<p>for   the   imported   car   raised   against   the   petitioner   is   cancelled.     If<\/p>\n<p>SLP filed by the State against the above judgment is allowed by the<\/p>\n<p>Supreme   Court,   respondents   are   free   to   recover   the   entry   tax,<\/p>\n<p>without the requirement of filing appeal in this case.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">                     (C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE)<\/p>\n<p>jg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Koshy Meleveettil Koshy vs State Of Kerala on 29 November, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM OP No. 6914 of 2000(W) 1. KOSHY MELEVEETTIL KOSHY &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA &#8230; Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.C.B.SREEKUMAR For Respondent :GOVERNMENT PLEADER The Hon&#8217;ble MR. 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