Court : Kerala
Reported in : AIR2000Ker175
Sankarasubban, J.1. This C.M.P. is filed by the Cochin Devaswom Board, represented by Us Secretary for permission to deposit the Nadavaravu gold in the stock of the Board in the Gold Bond Scheme introduced by the State Bank of India. In the affidavit accompanying the petition, it is stated as follows : The Deputy General Manager, State Bank of India, Ernakulam by his letter dated 20-12-1999 informed the Board about the Gold Bond Scheme introduced by the Bank with effect from 19-11-1999 with the approval of the Government and the Reserve Bank of India. The letter is produced as Annexure-A. Annexure-A letter gives the details of the Gold Bond Scheme, The letter further states that the Bank had already received 16 Kgs. gold from the Madurai Meenakshi Temple and 500 Kgs. of gold from individuals/Trusts/Devaswom Boards. Along with the petition, Annexure-B (SBI Gold Deposit Scheme) is also produced.2. According to the Scheme, the tenure of the deposit will be 3 to 7 years and the percentage ...
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Reported in : AIR2000Ker121
AR. Lakshmanan. J.1. This appeal is preferred by the State against the judgment of K. S. Radhakrishnan, J. in O.P. No. 17737 of 1999 dated 12th August, 1999 (reported in AIR 2000 Kerala 28)2. In this appeal the following interesting questions arise for determination.(i) Whether coffee is not a forest produce as contended by the respondent and as per the definition contained in Section 2(f) of the Kerala Forest Act. (ii) Whether coffee is a plantation crop as held by this Court in the decision in Aliyakutty Paul v. State of Kerala (1995) 2 Ker LT 93 and whether the decision of the Division Bench requires reconsideration. (iii) Whether Section 75A of the Kerala Forest Act, 1961 authorises levy and collection of Forest Development Tax (FDT) at 5% of the amount of consideration paying for the forest produce disposed of by the Government by sale. (iv) Whether the levy and collection of Forest Development Tax under Section 75A are legal. (v) Whether such levy and collection canbe made when A...
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Reported in : [2000(86)FLR142]; (2000)IILLJ224Ker
ORDERAr. Lakshmanan, J.1. Heard Mr. M. Ramachandran for the appellant and Mr. V. V. Surendran for the second respondent.2. The appellant establishment is a Printing Press, which filed the Original Petition challenging Exhibit P-2 award passed by the Labour Court, Kozhikode in I.D. 7/1989. The said dispute had been raised by the workman, K. Suresh Kumar, challenging termination of his services as a Binder. According to the appellant, additional hands were used to be employed on temporary basis when there is pressure of work and in order to tide over the situation. Appointment orders were also used to be given showing the tenure and the emoluments payable. Exhibit P-1 was a specimen copy of appointment order issued to the workman on September 7, 1987. He was so engaged from September 7, 1987 to October 10, 1987. Altogether, from December 3, 1985 the workman had been given work on seven different spells, ranging from 30 days to 75 days on each occasion. Apart from the second respondent, c...
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