Kerala Court December 1995 Judgments
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Mathew Daniel Vs. State of Kerala and anr.
Court: Kerala
Decided on: Dec-04-1995
Reported in: AIR1996Ker222
ORDER1. Respondent No. 2 herein who was a member of the Criminal Judicial Service and who retired on 28-2-1990 was appointed as the President of the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Kollam. The petitioner who claims to be a social worker engaged in consumer protection activities, a member of Chathanoor Panchayat and the President of Kerala Karshaka Sanghom Chathanoor Panchayat committee has filed . this Original Petition praying for the issue of a Writ of Quo Warranto challenging the appointment of respondent No. 2 as President of the Forum on the ground that respondent No. 2 is not qualified to be appointed as its President. Under Section 10 of the Consumer Protection Act each District Forum shall consist of 'a person who is, or has been, or is qualified to be a District Judge, who shall be its President' (the rest omitted as being not relevant at this stage). According to the petitioner since respondent No. 2 is not a District Judge, was not a District Judge and is not qualified to...
Kerala Food Corporation of India Labourers Federation Etc. Vs. Union o ...
Court: Kerala
Decided on: Dec-04-1995
Reported in: (1998)IIILLJ474Ker
V.V. Kamat, J.1. For the purpose of regulation and abolition of Contract Labour, regulation in certain situations and abolition in other situations, Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 was enacted. The position of law is more than settled by a catena of decisions of the Supreme Court. The Act was enacted with a view to abolishing wherever possible or practicable the employment of Contract Labour. The Act aimed at abolition of Contract Labour in respect of such categories as may be notified, where the law helps such anti-labour practices are required to be thwarted or nipped in the bud. The position that the Act is applicable to the Food Corporation of India is also beyond dispute, in the matter of handling, storage and transit of foodgrains at the depots of the Corporation. The question whether once when some workers became the workmen of the Corporation, was it open to the Corporation to induct a contract and treat its workmen as workmen of the contractor is not open ...
Prakash Kumar Choudhary Vs. Union of India (Uoi)
Court: Kerala
Decided on: Dec-01-1995
Reported in: 1996(83)ELT45(Ker)
1. A wholesale dealer in cigarettes as agent of Golden Tobacco Company is apprehensive of third degree methods being resorted to by the Senior Intelligence Officers of the Anti Evasion Directorate under the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944. Therefore, he seeks protection from this court by directing the respondent to permit him to be assisted by a legal practitioner during the time when he is interrogated. As the respondents did not oblige, he has filed the original petition contending first that he is not liable to be summoned and in the. alternative for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to question him only in the presence of a lawyer of his choice. Learned single Judge did not accede to the prayers and hence dismissed the original petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution. Hence this appeal.2. It seems that a raid has been conducted in the business premises of this appellant on 20-1-1995 and some documents were recovered by the senior Intelligence Officers o...
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