{"id":38174,"date":"2008-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008"},"modified":"2014-06-27T02:04:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T20:34:17","slug":"shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008","title":{"rendered":"Shri P M Devaiah S\/O Late P M … vs Union Of India By Ministry Of Home … on 17 March, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Shri P M Devaiah S\/O Late P M … vs Union Of India By Ministry Of Home … on 17 March, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: A.S.Bopanna<\/div>\n
 :\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR. J'U.sfr1c_5_\u00ab:\"\"A 'Sj4I\u00e9. CiAPANNA\"A \n\n \n\nWRIT PETITION pxogss\u00e9s cit; \u00a3605':  5,31\n\n,-GE-ID ABOUT 65 EEARSE, HINDU'{j> A \nRJAT ARAMER1..v1L'1;AGE~I1m_b \u00bbP0.s'1\" '  \nVIRAJ PET TALU K.' S0I.JTH\"';KODl&\u00a33U DIST\nKARNATAKA2 *     ' -\n\nSHE! P  DEVAIAH $;\u00aboimTE' PM :h.1UTH\u00a3{PPA_ \u00bb \n\n PETITIONER\n\n(BY SR1 M A HiJMAYUN'8sVS\u00a7i1'? A'R\u00e9\u00a3J \"i=AT1L. ADVS)\n\n \u00bb 1U-NI0N:'t'A)F'--!f~lBIA BY MiNi\"'\"l\"'R'Y OF'  EFF' ms\n\"  \"*30V'?'.e_'OF1NT?If\\j..\n~_80_L!TH .r3;Qct;;NEw DELHI\n\n'30\n\nTHE D.iR'EGToR \"E\"ERAL, PA'\nCENTRAL RESER'  Pcnuciz \"-'* ROE\n AA MAHAVEER NAGAR\n\n DELHI 110 ms\n\nDODE DIST\nJAMMU AND KASHE'-i'a}R 182 204  ..F.-SPQNLENTS\n\n\n\nTHIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARFIQLES 2'fE5I:'1'lN\"'D--_T ~\n227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TQ\"'DIRE\"CT 'THE. \nR2 TO HOLD AN ENQUIRY FOR FINDING. OUT THE I \"\nFDR THE. DEATH OF' THE DECEASED' '  9.11 30983027 \nDRIVER PD. CI-IENGAPPA 148 BATl'PcLION,C.RPF, WHO EVMS \n\nFJSTHAWAR A_RE.1.A,JAMMU ANDVKASHNIIRAND \u00bb_ ',  .\n\nTHIS PETITION QOMINGIO.N\"'FOR PRELIMINAIWIIHVEARIING * I\n\nIN 'E' GRQUPTHIS DAY, THE COUF\u00ab.'1.'\"MADE 'I'~HE\"i?f-_)LLC\u00a7WING:\n\n\n\nwrit of    _\u00a7:=.;;vI\u00a7iIr.I:1e4.;:\u00bb.fx3r;\u20acas-siit ta' h'*}a:I arc.\nenquiry     of the death of the\ndccea&Icd __  III;IIIer, P.D.Chenga_ppa, 148\nBatta]irIt.,_ ICRPIRI  Kisthawar A1133, Jammu and\n\nKae\ufb01lmix    myandamua is also sought to direct\n\n \" 17e\u00e9'_;Ic.>1:i'~tI\u00a7:+n\"t\u00b0a\"_2  to furnish the report after cnqu:mn' ' g\n\nI N...    v<:)_i:v\u00a3' P. D.Che11gappa.\n\n"I\n\nI  I have heard Sri Humayun, 1\u00a2':"T1r:t': cminael\n\n  for the petitioner and Smt.Rosa Paramci, Icarncti\n\nI  appearing for respondents 1 to 3.<\/pre>\n
I
\n52<\/span><\/p>\n
d
\nH<\/p>\n
111′ rzr:\ufb01”s.i’*:1″r is hm’:-.\u00bbr’-‘=V  . %.:~:1r.’\u00e9..g 12.1’ 1.31 I: of<\/p>\n
3. The case put forth by the petitioner? :-is’  *
\npetitioner him” self is a retired’ Seam a1;_1_ha’J’iiig’ “tea: K ‘
\nIndian Navy under No.67292.\n<\/p>\n
petitioner was employed a:a”C_3P[_I)Ii1ieIr iv.-tth evN\u00a2;sjg13Q9.\u00a732o2 *<\/p>\n
with Central Armed Reserve    ti\ufb01ne of the<\/p>\n
ixoeoxtiing ta  L
\nand ailectioiiaie Viigeiiiwaa haie and healthy,
\n new   said to have received a
\ncommiimea\ufb01en   along with the dead body<\/p>\n
of  eon  by a constable of CRPF. The<\/p>\n
‘i V’  –  was \u00e9aent by ‘f1;-aabcputy Commandant (Adm) GG, CRPF<\/p>\n
    2  whereunder the petitioner was infonzned<\/p>\n
 :11;   the petitioner had shot himself -on 29.11.2004<\/p>\n
t “‘\ufb01'”‘i: 22053 h”urs. The Ptiedi\ufb01 ‘-Ji\ufb01eer Ea ales ==…….-=-*1<\/p>\n
E5’-\n<\/p>\n
 .ha\u00a7’e issued ‘the death ce\ufb01i\ufb01cate oon\ufb01xmiilg fhe  The
\npetitioner being unable to believe that his son had shot 7<\/p>\n
‘ himself had addressed a letter dated 24.01.2005 to the third<\/p>\n
l
\nJ%<\/p>\n
a
\n\ufb02<\/p>\n
respondent mqtles\ufb01ng him to hold an enquiry    V.<\/p>\n
the death of his son. The thin! reapandcni H15   havaj <\/p>\n
replied on 21.02.2005 stating tligt. :1:ia* l&\u00e9tt_\u00a7:r l1s;:\u00a3\u00e9. f”hs=ii3r1:A<\/p>\n
forwarded to the Deputy  v’G*:,ner\u00a7;1   *<\/p>\n
(Qpt:;,_1,:ions) CRPF, D_od_a,  and \u00ab.  and
\nAdditianal 919., Go},   (J&.K) for taking<\/p>\n
4. T3′: ‘@’i,\\:’3’\\r’3:’4I’V}.1′?\u20ac’ a+.l;e..’pct;i,i.i:i11_.r is tl;-,[t no proper
\n        .._…….a …..-1
\nenqunyry has been cpnutncxca 111 um\u00bb lcgmu -4<\/p>\n
1Weaso11″assigne:d_ “bjr=._fi1\u00a7 :es:pondents that it is a  Crf<\/p>\n
suicide is. wit_}1out. b.~\u00bb;sis– ‘ a11d therefore, the petitioner has<\/p>\n
  ifor nan w\ufb01pprap\ufb01ate c11qu1ry’ in this regard, since<\/p>\n
    it is a likely case of encounter and them is<\/p>\n
5. The re-;s=.1,3.r.-..a:1..n..s_= h_w::v\u00a2::r, seek to ‘usti\ufb01I their<\/p>\n
faction 011 th\u00e9 g\ufb01:n'”id Lu t Lu’ 5011 sf ‘.11:-. 3*.’-2.1.11-.3. E L.<\/p>\n
Ietumed to the barracks after performing his  i.<\/p>\n
It is contended on behalf of the 1fe.spondenis”Viiis”.eo.:\u00a2I <\/p>\n
police personnel have also heard the  oif\ufb02iiei  ii<\/p>\n
the gun in the barracks and 1iiaive..i1nIne!iiatelyi’ the  <\/p>\n
em: and me- .:.a_ft_n the son of__the,_pet_itioner.was shifted to
\ni”‘e “o~–~;m:. wheae he em .!.i..}..\u00a711.a.;’.  2320 hours. It<\/p>\n
t}ie”v:=a-is};-g:-;.de11.t-_ t.__t the<\/p>\n
Xv.-.+. .\n<\/p>\n
is further contended
\nson of  sees    \u20ac’1ii1–;kf’ii’;” and was
\nknown __tobe.     such, the tendency of
\n K  he “ruled out. ‘ It is further<\/p>\n
contencied”   has theieafter ordered<\/p>\n
 of   has examined ‘the co-police<\/p>\n
 ”   spoken with Iegmtl to the gun shot<\/p>\n
  bee}. 1139;” by them at 2205 hrs and as such,<\/p>\n
since V_ii1e_s’ei\ufb01 Witnesses befere the CoI.I_rt of Enquiry had<\/p>\n
1<\/span><\/p>\n
 AA stated, it was a case of s”i”-ide, th=- “eenclusicn was<\/p>\n
i’   accordingly and since an enquiry has already been<\/p>\n
held, the prayer sought for by the petitioner cannot be<\/p>\n
granted in this petition.\n<\/p>\n
J
\nJ?\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
6. The lespondents also eon.te11d that    *<\/p>\n
enquiry held by the respo11dents,\u00bb~~theA  ‘is  <\/p>\n
independently investigated into   <\/p>\n
the case, since the same is adegise, ofsuieide, ‘ the –. ‘<\/p>\n
mspendent. melt: to justify \ufb021ei1f__emio=;;,<\/p>\n
7. On the rival eqntentisils, I-“~herJfev  the writ
\n“=-mt… as  :.41s;the aiiditiufia1″pspe1s_which were furnished
\nt’ this ‘Casi: hfftl’-.e’iee1fb;eh.  ii: the respondents.<\/p>\n
8.. At. the Qi1tse_t;\u00abg:1ieee~i:’ the aspects Whhh ‘”e'”iires m<\/p>\n
be 1V1_oVtieed4″‘isV’t11aVt-_ \u00a2n%24~;ed1o.o7 when this matter had been<\/p>\n
‘V V’  _  mum  t}1e:*\u00abiea111ed Single Judge of this Court, the<\/p>\n
   had noticed the documents that were<\/p>\n
 and had directed the respondents to f” .311<\/p>\n
the imslhs\ufb01c and \ufb01nger print repo\ufb02s of the weapons since the<\/p>\n
9. The learned counsel for the mapondenie.  ~<\/p>\n
available a eommunica\ufb01on dated.__   <\/p>\n
indicates that the Police Oi\ufb01cem heye  it   .<\/p>\n
DIGP, GC, CRPF’, Banta1ab,ente1a; t11e”\ufb01nger_ .h;ar\ufb01 nei–,i*<\/p>\n
been lifted hem the weapon, ei11iee:ees{e1nl.e’t!1e1E petsone had<\/p>\n
else muehel LN t.n.re-.1_;n;t”he1L1e%.j_itt  eeieed by the police.<\/p>\n
the \ufb01nger print  .ii1e}’fe’ – ere—1 umzu “Ether 13”
\nthe 1eapond.ente:fer    in a matter of this
\nnatme, s_i11ee”the.Veententi9_n of the respondents is that it is a<\/p>\n
case o\ufb02auicide “the petitioner disputes the same,<\/p>\n
theiinger  en” the  could have been conclusive to<\/p>\n
 * ‘ei1onrE~’At;’1at..’the ufeeno11 had been held by the deceased<\/p>\n
   same is not available at this juncture, the’<\/p>\n
 .- .—.–_..– w-I___t:1 have to be looked into to<\/p>\n
5?.\n<\/p>\n
tr
\nED
\n‘1
\n8 .\n<\/p>\n
. ,. .\n<\/p>\n
1′
\nM
\n:3
\nIII’
\n‘%\n<\/p>\n
3.<\/p>\n
E-\n<\/p>\n
D<\/p>\n
3<\/span><\/p>\n
E<\/p>\n
5<\/span><\/p>\n
:.\n<\/p>\n
B<\/p>\n
1<\/span><\/p>\n
H<\/p>\n
-E<\/p>\n
\ufb02<\/p>\n
L _’I_.’l<\/p>\n
V v.eu\ufb025icient or any other enquiry requires to “he 11 m in :1 .-<\/p>\n
matter of this nature.\n<\/p>\n
2′ %—–\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
10. In this baokglound, the leaxtnod   <\/p>\n
petitioner would contend that the”‘   <\/p>\n
respondents cannot be conclusive ltibl’  <\/p>\n
31.. -_…._;*.al (Ii. J._,:,111oics in Vthotloouiiiortta  the * L’<\/p>\n
i’*”‘”‘-ndonts. \ufb02aemselveg. it. ig.tho”voo31tonti-:1–of  learned<\/p>\n
ooun.-sci for the po\ufb01\ufb01o-‘tor th- “H-j. d\u00e9aiih {::r*..itI-sate ‘.-.rh.’..,tl1 ii:<\/p>\n
issued by the C”‘._oo;posi.’i\u00a3’ _GRi?F,.”1\ufb01oumm’o ida\ufb01imu}<\/p>\n
which is    \ufb01oti\ufb01oner as weii as the _.<\/p>\n
mspondcpts   tor death as 2329 hour-.7:
\non   tb\ufb01\ufb01m\ufb02lhid conditions at; well as the
\ninjurieotizltiioatedttittlzioi”certi\ufb01cate would indicate that it
\niso;  sltotovoiiiid  the left side of the cheat, while the<\/p>\n
  polioomonquily would indicate that it is multiple<\/p>\n
  -.’:’-.i1n;.:=-.1uy, while: the post oortcm report in<\/p>\n
tho  jiage would T’f’i” t’ at: “o1j1″5\u00ab’, tho oninion would _<\/p>\n
V _ atato ‘that it is multiple injuries.<\/p>\n
11. While on the very some documents, the learned <\/p>\n
“icounsel for the respondents would indicate  though the –5<\/p>\n
than is mdioateql in the oi.’11_.1′ Llooumonts as 2205 hours and ‘:<\/p>\n
L
\n‘F.\n<\/p>\n
the time in the death certi\ufb01cate as 2320 hotjfe,   “eh ‘<\/p>\n
cannot be treated as a diserepanc._*;~  “hin1193.i_:;_the V’<\/p>\n
point at which the incident took plaeel” .\u00ab   Vthe<\/p>\n
time at which the death   the  -‘twithwh<\/p>\n
-_.ga1-_ to t__- gun shot injuries, ihe”lea1ned\u00abe\u00aboun$ie1 for the<\/p>\n
the bu\ufb02etsi  %s}2;;\u00bbts A’ have been indicateci.
\nHoweyenjv  on this aspect of
\nthe 1 death certi\ufb01cme indicates a gun
\nshot.   as well as the post. Inortem<\/p>\n
Iephlt hldieateet m’u11\u00a7ip1c”t injuries cannot be disputed.<\/p>\n
V’ ”  1   background, a perusal of the report of the<\/p>\n
“C.e1i1t  would indicate that one of the witnesses<\/p>\n
hes etatehcl\u00e9h that he had heard one sound of burst thing. but<\/p>\n
2 V. x dues not indicate the number of bullets that he heard except<\/p>\n
 f_h._t it ‘Ji.T,..’-S burst \ufb01ring. Be that as it. may. What.<\/p>\n
u.-quires to he “otriwd as that as. already eueezvw, the Luger<\/p>\n
r.\n<\/p>\n
3′ ‘-\n<\/p>\n
though have been exjplained by the leanj\u00e9d  ~<\/p>\n
appearing for the respective partieoinw the to  <\/p>\n
discrepancies as well as to justi.t’y:”the:’_’_As\u00a3nmt   to<\/p>\n
considered is that the pe\ufb01\ufb01onefio before  = L<\/p>\n
oI._1:. :3. gievoncn that his eon..__\ufb01ad not  ‘tiaqt obmmitmd :<\/p>\n
-su1″1i:’.e but them is  10:11 pm}! ‘I the ma.._.r., _;n-_.<\/p>\n
according to th\ufb01fl\u00e9\ufb01\ufb01fxii\u00e9i’,fi’3i’i”‘J.’i1f._}i1if’;i’gi’1″,’;’i”Ii’s”.:\ufb01 \ufb01\ufb01\ufb01onefs<\/p>\n
son havn1g.be::n  I   enoe-t:nteif’cann”””‘ oi:-be ruled out.<\/p>\n
.13;*   ” tziew such I an allegation<\/p>\n
    e_n_,1n__L_.n t.h_Lat.i11 a matter of<\/p>\n
u ‘3 n*tufe, even th’  to he held should be by L.<\/p>\n
appitjop\ufb01ate authotfity. and ahouid pmvicie so”r:e to the<\/p>\n
‘  and a mere enquity held alone cannot be<\/p>\n
    and state that the petitioner cannot make<\/p>\n
oot a ‘\ufb01g-tievnnce. In the instant case, the  of the<\/p>\n
V *pet;_itiotier is that there is foul play in the manner in which<\/p>\n
‘ “‘..vtI1e”deatl1 has been announced. The fact that the petitioner<\/p>\n
~”ta working in the 148 Battalion is not disputed. Themtbns, I<\/p>\n
K” ”\n<\/p>\n
\u00a3145 2-.lleg.=.=…’.,n t.=.ro1..d. 1.9;! L. t_.,_. JISDQEL -in the same<\/p>\n
ll<\/p>\n
battalion and a cover up is alleged in the   ‘<\/p>\n
Tl1erefoIe,tn \ufb01nd out as to   at it <\/p>\n
suicide or a death due to encotlnter  <\/p>\n
the enquiry should be in a  to innit.  but . <\/p>\n
justiee s___I,I_L s_l_e  to be  ‘in the nistgnfcase, the<\/p>\n
—-  \u00abA we ‘s by  ~{,*.-.esmt.v:-.;;=,’:.~\u00a2..;-=\u00ab=.d=.ji:*; 552* 143 .39. an n
\nmembers of      ui i’as'”‘smnt
\n   int theliteiy same Battalion.\n<\/p>\n
There\ufb01ne,vV    Iiiade by the petitioner
\n Faun conducted by the very same
\nBattalientntould ‘eiin\ufb01denee either in the petitioner<\/p>\n
11oije11y.persez1A   since the same cannot be treated<\/p>\n
 man inde\ufb01iendent enquiry.\n<\/p>\n
l  keeping all these aspects in view,<\/p>\n
th(lll11glfl~:aii’lcnq1IiI’y has been held by the respondents, the<\/p>\n
2 \u00bb seine Veannot be treated as sufficient in a matter of this<\/p>\n
“na.n;’ei -11-‘: mm hi t- eenrse weuld be for the second<\/p>\n
…_!’I<\/p>\n
held, the documents relied theieon and also the detain. s \ufb01<\/p>\n
the Police Department with regard to the   ‘<\/p>\n
held by the Police Department and~~theA  <\/p>\n
shall analyse the said documents in *i2oIi’eet; <\/p>\n
and thereafter, come to a eoi1_;’\ufb021;:sio11A’:3I:1e .wa_\u00a7?v  irtllexy L<\/p>\n
and intixnate the same V__t.o the peti\ufb01one; so .\u00a3t1a.t_f11e_?g1ievanc>e<\/p>\n
cf the “\ufb01*:;tLener m.u1dCh-e7 11333.: saw\u00bb<\/p>\n
..u ‘_ an vu.-i.\n<\/p>\n
I.I.l.I:II..l.Ll.”i”‘u<\/p>\n
;5. .ha\u00a7;h_,e1ng se, a dneeueg: 13 Issues]. 1:9 the xwnd<\/p>\n
Ieapo:;idenfe”to5\u00bbi1o1\u00e9’aeezjquixy  the man’ ner si’t–u<\/p>\n
and t\ufb01ezeefter, ipetitioner in this legani.<\/p>\n
J’I’_l bms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Shri P M Devaiah S\/O Late P M … vs Union Of India By Ministry Of Home … on 17 March, 2008 Author: A.S.Bopanna : THE HON’BLE MR. J’U.sfr1c_5_\u00ab:””A ‘Sj4I\u00e9. CiAPANNA”A WRIT PETITION pxogss\u00e9s cit; \u00a3605’: 5,31 ,-GE-ID ABOUT 65 EEARSE, HINDU'{j> A RJAT ARAMER1..v1L’1;AGE~I1m_b \u00bbP0.s’1″ ‘ VIRAJ PET TALU K.’ S0I.JTH”‘;KODl&\u00a33U […]<\/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":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nShri P M Devaiah S\/O Late P M ... vs Union Of India By Ministry Of Home ... on 17 March, 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\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shri P M Devaiah S\/O Late P M ... vs Union Of India By Ministry Of Home ... on 17 March, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-03-16T18:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-06-26T20:34:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@legaliadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Legal_india\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"Shri P M Devaiah S\\\/O Late P M … vs Union Of India By Ministry Of Home … on 17 March, 2008\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-03-16T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-06-26T20:34:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008\"},\"wordCount\":1684,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"High Court\",\"Karnataka High Court\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008\",\"name\":\"Shri P M Devaiah S\\\/O Late P M ... vs Union Of India By Ministry Of Home ... on 17 March, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-03-16T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-06-26T20:34:17+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shri P M Devaiah S\\\/O Late P M … vs Union Of India By Ministry Of Home … on 17 March, 2008\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\",\"name\":\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"description\":\"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal India\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Shri P M Devaiah S\/O Late P M ... vs Union Of India By Ministry Of Home ... on 17 March, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shri P M Devaiah S\/O Late P M ... vs Union Of India By Ministry Of Home ... on 17 March, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008","og_site_name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2008-03-16T18:30:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-06-26T20:34:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@legaliadmin","twitter_site":"@Legal_india","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"10 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"Shri P M Devaiah S\/O Late P M … vs Union Of India By Ministry Of Home … on 17 March, 2008","datePublished":"2008-03-16T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2014-06-26T20:34:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008"},"wordCount":1684,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"articleSection":["High Court","Karnataka High Court"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008","name":"Shri P M Devaiah S\/O Late P M ... vs Union Of India By Ministry Of Home ... on 17 March, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-03-16T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2014-06-26T20:34:17+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shri-p-m-devaiah-so-late-p-m-vs-union-of-india-by-ministry-of-home-on-17-march-2008#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shri P M Devaiah S\/O Late P M … vs Union Of India By Ministry Of Home … on 17 March, 2008"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","description":"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization","name":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","alternateName":"Legal India","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"modified_by":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}