{"id":94377,"date":"2009-12-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/raju-puzhankara-vs-state-of-kerala-on-3-december-2009"},"modified":"2017-10-20T02:44:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T21:14:50","slug":"raju-puzhankara-vs-state-of-kerala-on-3-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/raju-puzhankara-vs-state-of-kerala-on-3-december-2009","title":{"rendered":"Raju Puzhankara vs State Of Kerala on 3 December, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Raju Puzhankara vs State Of Kerala on 3 December, 2009<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 20416 of 2009(S)\n\n\n1. RAJU PUZHANKARA,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n\n3. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n\n4. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n\n5. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n\n6. THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL (AUDIT)\n\n7. STATE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER\/\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.K.P.RAMACHANDRAN\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.P.J.MATHEW\n\nThe Hon'ble the Chief Justice MR.S.R.BANNURMATH\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice A.K.BASHEER\n\n Dated :03\/12\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n
       S.R. Bannurmath, C.J. & A.K. Basheer, J.<\/p>\n
      – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –\n<\/p>\n
                   W.P.(C)No. 20416 OF 2009\n<\/p>\n
      – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –\n<\/p>\n
           Dated this the 3rd day of December, 2009<\/p>\n
                             JUDGMENT<\/p>\n
Basheer, J.\n<\/p>\n
     Petitioner and counsel absent. Writ Petition is dismissed<\/p>\n
for non-prosecution.<\/p>\n
                                               S.R. Bannurmath,
\n                                                Chief Justice.\n<\/p>\n
                                                  A.K. Basheer,
\n                                                      Judge.\n<\/p>\n
\nttb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court Raju Puzhankara vs State Of Kerala on 3 December, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 20416 of 2009(S) 1. RAJU PUZHANKARA, … Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY … Respondent 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY 3. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY 4. 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