{"id":27574,"date":"2008-08-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/c-sherafuddin-vs-state-of-kerala-on-18-august-2008"},"modified":"2018-04-26T20:17:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T14:47:07","slug":"c-sherafuddin-vs-state-of-kerala-on-18-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/c-sherafuddin-vs-state-of-kerala-on-18-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"C. Sherafuddin vs State Of Kerala on 18 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
C. Sherafuddin vs State Of Kerala on 18 August, 2008<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWA.No. 1112 of 2004()\n\n\n1. C. SHERAFUDDIN, SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. P.K. KUTTAPPAI, SUPERINTENDENT OF\n3. K.K. JOSHWA, SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE\n4. P.K. MADHU, SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE,\n5. K.R. RAMESAN, SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE,\n6. M. PADMANABHAN, SUPERINTENDENT OF\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE,\n\n3. K.G. JAMES, SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE,\n\n4. V.K. REGHUVARMA, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT\n\n5. A. MOHANAN, SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE\n\n6. K.K. CHELLAPPAN, SUPERINTENDENT OF\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.C.SASIDHARAN\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.N.NANDAKUMARA MENON (SR.)\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice J.B.KOSHY\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice THOMAS P.JOSEPH\n\n Dated :18\/08\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n
               J.B. Koshy & Thomas P. Joseph, JJ.\n<\/p>\n
                  ————————————–\n<\/p>\n
                      W.A. No. 1112 of 2004\n<\/p>\n
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\n         Dated this the 18th day of August, 2008<\/p>\n
                                  Judgment<\/p>\n
Koshy,J.\n<\/p>\n
             It is submitted by the counsel for the appellants that all<\/p>\n
appellants except appellant No.5 got appointment in the I.P.S. cadre and that<\/p>\n
the impugned judgment was upheld in another writ appeal. If fifth appellant<\/p>\n
has got any further subsisting grievance, he can approach the authorities and<\/p>\n
without prejudice to that right, this writ appeal is disposed of.\n<\/p>\n
                                                           J.B.Koshy
\n                                                             Judge<\/p>\n
                                                       Thomas P. Joseph
\n                                                              Judge<\/p>\n
vaa<\/p>\n
W.A.Nos. 1273, 1274 & 1277\/2003    2<\/p>\n
                                               J.B. KOSHY
\n                                                   AND
\n                                      THOMAS P.JOSEPH,JJ.\n<\/p>\n
                                     ————————————-\n<\/p>\n
                                         W.A. No.1112\/2004\n<\/p>\n
                                     ————————————-\n<\/p>\n
                                               Judgment<\/p>\n
                                        Dated:18th August, 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court C. Sherafuddin vs State Of Kerala on 18 August, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WA.No. 1112 of 2004() 1. C. SHERAFUDDIN, SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE … Petitioner 2. P.K. KUTTAPPAI, SUPERINTENDENT OF 3. K.K. JOSHWA, SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE 4. P.K. MADHU, SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, 5. K.R. RAMESAN, SUPERINTENDENT OF […]<\/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-27574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nC. 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