{"id":257850,"date":"2007-06-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-kerala-vs-reghunathan-panicker-on-21-june-2007-2"},"modified":"2015-07-18T01:27:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T19:57:30","slug":"state-of-kerala-vs-reghunathan-panicker-on-21-june-2007-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/state-of-kerala-vs-reghunathan-panicker-on-21-june-2007-2","title":{"rendered":"State Of Kerala vs Reghunathan Panicker on 21 June, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">State Of Kerala vs Reghunathan Panicker on 21 June, 2007<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWA No. 1587 of 2003()\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY THE SECRETARY\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. THE CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. REGHUNATHAN PANICKER, ASSISTANT FOREST\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\n                For Respondent  :SR<a href=\"\/doc\/1569253\/\" id=\"a_1\">I.P.C<\/a>.SASIDHARAN\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.S.RADHAKRISHNAN\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice ANTONY DOMINIC\n\n Dated :21\/06\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n\n\n                           K.S.Radhakrishnan\n\n                                       &amp;\n\n                           Antony Dominic, JJ.\n\n                ========================\n\n                         W.A.No.1587 of 2003\n\n                ========================\n\n\n               Dated this the 21st  day of June, 2007.\n\n\n                                 JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">Radhakrishnan,J.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">         We are informed that D.C.R.G. has already been disbursed to the<\/p>\n<p>respondent  &#8211;  petitioner.     Reserving  the  right  of  the  State  to  proceed<\/p>\n<p>against petitioner before Civil Court, this Writ Appeal is disposed of.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_2\">                                                     K.S.Radhakrishnan,<\/p>\n<p>                                                     Judge.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_3\">                                                     Antony Dominic,<\/p>\n<p>                                                     Judge.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_4\">ess 21\/6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court State Of Kerala vs Reghunathan Panicker on 21 June, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WA No. 1587 of 2003() 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY THE SECRETARY &#8230; Petitioner 2. THE CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST Vs 1. 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