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Sep 23 2015 (HC)

The President, Peechi Service Co-Operative Bank, Thrissur and Another ...

Court : Kerala

..... .1 is answered in favour of the petitioners. issue nos.2 and 3: 13. these issues being interrelated are taken together. submission which has been pressed by the learned counsel for the petitioners is that section 17 cannot be resorted to for expulsion of primary membership of a member of the managing committee ..... the apex court in the above case was considering the case where the president of the municipal council was removed by the state government exercising power under section 55a of the maharashtra municipal councils, nagar panchayats and industrial townships act, 1965. in the above context the following was laid down by the apex court in paragraphs ..... 28.06.2015 expelling the petitioners is without jurisdiction. he further submitted that removal of petitioners has been done without following the statutory provisions of the act and rules hence the writ petition was clearly maintainable. he submitted that no opportunity as required by section 17 including hearing in person was afforded to .....

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Jun 03 2014 (HC)

Union of India Vs. Maliakkal Industrial Enterprises

Court : Kerala

..... ; import permitted without a licence in accordance with the provisions of the manufacture, storage and import hazardous chemicals rules, 1986 (made under the environment(protection) act, 1986). besides other conditions mentioned in the rules, the importer shall, before 30 days but not later than the date of import, furnish the details ..... issued by chief factories inspector showing the chemical as input) :7. quantity of the chemical(classified as insecticides as per the schedule to the insecticides act 1968). imported and consumed durign the last five years (certified by excise authority ) :8. quantity recommended for imported by the nodal ministry (enclose recommendation ..... be used as insecticides. in this case, as already noticed, for import of insecticides for non insecticidal purposes the authority under the foreign trade act has declared that freedom is attached to import of insecticides (whether it is for insecticidal purposes or for non insecticides purposes). as far as insecticides .....

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Jul 29 2005 (HC)

Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd. Vs. P. Rajan and anr.

Court : Kerala

Reported in : (2006)ILLJ521Ker

..... service they will not be entitled to gratuity. working journalists are also governed by the provisions of the press councils act, 1978. section 13 of the act enables the press council to lay down code of conduct for newspapers and journalists in accordance with high professional standards. power is also conferred ..... that the working journalists did not come within the definition of 'workman' as it stood at that time in the industrial disputes act. press commission had also considered the question as to the tenure of appointment of the minimum period of notice for termination of the employment ..... on the council to warn, admonish or censure newspaper if a working journalist has committed any professional misconduct. the standard of discipline attributed to working journalists compared to other employees governed by the payment of gratuity act .....

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Jun 23 2015 (HC)

Inter Media Publishing Ltd. Vs. State of Kerala

Court : Kerala

..... freedom of the press and to maintain and improve the standards of newspapers and news agencies in ..... of the view that thejass is acting as a catalyst for polarisation and is creating communal divisions in the society at large.5. newspaper in india is registered under the press and registration of books act, 1867 (for short, "the prb act 1867"). this registration is a mandatory requirement under law. the parliament enacted the press council act 1978 to establish a press council for the purpose of preserving the .....

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Jan 10 1994 (HC)

C.K. Rajan Vs. State of Kerala and ors.

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1994Ker179

..... to only those specific aspects or points which were pressed before us at the time of hearing and proceed to pronounce our decision on that basis.11. sri krishna temple, guruvayur is governed by the guruvayur devaswom act, 1978 (act 14 of 1978). there are 43 sections in the said act. the government have framed rules entitled 'guruvayur devaswom ..... proceedings under article 226 of the constitution of india. even before the code of civil procedure came into force, the judicial committee of the privy council had occasion to remind the courts in india about the approach to be made regarding a commissioner's report made on local enquiry. in ranee surut ..... 1976, whereby the words 'social' and 'secular' have been added to the word 'democratic republic', the provisions of the guruvayur devaswom act enabling the hindu member of the council of ministers to nominate their representatives to the managing committee as if representing the denomination, cannot stand. according to him, after the 42nd .....

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Aug 22 2003 (HC)

Karunakara Kurup Vs. State of Kerala

Court : Kerala

Reported in : 2004(1)KLT215; (2004)ILLJ1069Ker

..... in section 5, it was provided as under: "5. employment of workers for non-domestic purposes:- notwithstanding anything contained in the kerala headload workers act, 1978 (act 20 of 1980) or the schemes made thereunder, an employer shall have the right to carry out loading and unloading work for non-domestic purposes either ..... tribunal can modulate appropriate reliefs for resolving the disputes between the management and its employees in accordance with the provisions of the industrial disputes act and direct re-employment if the termination of service or employment is unjustified. similarly such powers are inherent with the conciliation officers or the ..... their workmen (headload workers) had been referred by the government for adjudication before the industrial tribunal under section 10(1)(d) of the industrial disputes act. the disputes included revision of wages, bonus, medical benefits etc. certain claims including revision of wages and bonus were allowed by the industrial tribunal .....

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Aug 01 2003 (HC)

Satheesh Vs. Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge

Court : Kerala

Reported in : 2003(3)KLT480

..... with criminal misconduct by public servants. learned counsel for the petitioners invited our attention to section 28(4) of the guruvayur devaswom act, 1978, (for short the 'g.d. act') to contend for the position that as far as the officers of guruvayur devaswom is concerned, persons mentioned in the aforesaid provision alone come ..... state that 'before registration of the first information report, it is only just and proper that a preliminary enquiry is conducted to indicate whether the overt acts of the respondents were with dishonest intention or not'.15. counsel for the petitioners submitted that the manner in which the special court has passed the impugned ..... , special judge called for the remarks from the commissioner and thereafter the impugned order was passed.2. the complaint is filed under the prevention of corruption act. it further states that the audit was not taking place due to the mismanagement of the members of the managing committee. the enquiry commissioner got details .....

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Aug 22 2003 (HC)

Ajithkumar Vs. State of Kerala

Court : Kerala

Reported in : 2004(1)KLT260

..... of devotees from all over india and abroad are reposing their faith and belief.2. guruvayoor devaswom act, 1978, (hereinafter referred to as 'the act') was enacted to make provision for the proper administration of the guruvayoor devaswom. the salient features of the act are the constitution of a managing committee, appointment of a commissioner and of an administrator. the ..... time being of the mallisseri illom at guruvayoor and the thanthri of the temple. a representative of the employees of the devaswom nominated by the hindus among the council of ministers is a member. so also, not more than five persons, of whom one shall be a member of a scheduled caste, nominated by the hindus ..... among the council of ministers from among persons having interest in the temple. thus there are nine members in the committee. the term of the member nominated under clause (d) or .....

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Aug 01 2003 (HC)

Mohandas Vs. Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge

Court : Kerala

Reported in : 2004CriLJ509; 2004(1)KLT873

..... with criminal misconduct by public servants. learned counsel for the petitioners invited our attention to section 28(4) of the guruvayur devaswom act, 1978 (for short the 'g.d. act') to contend for the position that as far as the officers of guruvayur devaswom is concerned, persons mentioned in the aforesaid provision alone come ..... obvious reasons, has not taken cognizance of the offences alleged in ext.p1. reference may be made in this connection to section 19 of the prevention of corruption act. instead, the court has forwarded ext.pl together with records produced by the complainant to the director, vigilance and anti-corruption bureau (for short 'v.a.c ..... the special judge called for the remarks from the commissioner and thereafter the impugned order was passed.2. the complaint is filed under the prevention of corruption act. it further states that the audit was not taking place due to the mismanagement of the members of the managing committee. the enquiry commissioner got details from .....

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Mar 25 1985 (HC)

K.V. Narayanan Namboodiri and ors. Vs. State of Kerala and ors.

Court : Kerala

Reported in : AIR1985Ker160

..... krishna temple at guruvayoor challenge the constitutional validity of the guruvayoor devaswom act, 1978 (act 14 of 1978). the petitioner in o. p. no. 7592 of 1984 is also the vice-president of the kshetra samrakshana samithi, a society registered under the societies registration act with objects inter alia to see that necessary measures are taken to ..... legislature in dealing with complex economic issues.'it is, therefore, clear that the remote possibilityof there being no hindu minister having beliefin temple worship in the council of ministersat some future point of time or the absence ofa ministry at a time when the term of office ofan existing committee expires is not a ..... of this nature can be regarded as contravening either article 19(1)(f) or article 14 of the constitution which is the other article which has been pressed into service. the procedure which has been laid down makes all the proceedings before the commissioner quasi-judicial. this is particularly so when the provisions of .....

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