{"id":98084,"date":"2010-06-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/joseph-kurian-vs-state-of-kerala-on-7-june-2010"},"modified":"2016-04-17T10:42:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-17T05:12:56","slug":"joseph-kurian-vs-state-of-kerala-on-7-june-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/joseph-kurian-vs-state-of-kerala-on-7-june-2010","title":{"rendered":"Joseph Kurian vs State Of Kerala on 7 June, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Joseph Kurian vs State Of Kerala on 7 June, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nOP.No. 37111 of 2002(R)\n\n\n1. JOSEPH KURIAN, PUKADIYIL HOUSE,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTEDD BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. TAHSILDAR, KOTTAYAM.\n\n3. SECRETARY, KUMARANALLOOR GRAMA PANCHAYAT\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.MATHEW PHILIP\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.GEORGE VARGHESE (MANACHIRACKEL)\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice P.N.RAVINDRAN\n\n Dated :07\/06\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n                         P.N.RAVINDRAN, J.\n               -----------------------------------------\n                       O.P.No.37111 of 2002\n               -----------------------------------------\n               Dated this the 7th day of June, 2010\n\n                             JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>      Sri.Mathew Philip, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner,<\/p>\n<p>submits that the original petition has become infructuous. In the light<\/p>\n<p>of the aforesaid submission the original petition is dismissed as<\/p>\n<p>infructuous.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                              P.N.RAVINDRAN,<br \/>\n                                                     Judge.\n<\/p>\n<p>ahg.\n<\/p>\n<p>  P.N.RAVINDRAN, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n O.P.No.37111 of 2002\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>       JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>     7th June, 2010<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Joseph Kurian vs State Of Kerala on 7 June, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM OP.No. 37111 of 2002(R) 1. JOSEPH KURIAN, PUKADIYIL HOUSE, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTEDD BY &#8230; Respondent 2. TAHSILDAR, KOTTAYAM. 3. SECRETARY, KUMARANALLOOR GRAMA PANCHAYAT For Petitioner :SRI.MATHEW PHILIP For Respondent [&hellip;]<\/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-98084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Joseph Kurian vs State Of Kerala on 7 June, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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\/joseph-kurian-vs-state-of-kerala-on-7-june-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joseph Kurian vs State Of Kerala on 7 June, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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