The petitioner filed a PIL seeking directions for immediate liquor sales in bar hotels and measures to avoid crowd gathering. The Court closed the petition on the submission by the petitioner's counsel that the reliefs had already been redressed.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.S.MANIKUMAR
&
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAJI P.CHALY
WEDNESDAY, THE 16TH DAY OF MARCH 2022 / 25TH PHALGUNA, 1943
WP(C) NO. 13307 OF 2021
PETITIONER/S:
ADV. K.VIJAYAN AGED 66 YEARS S/O. KRISHNA PILLAI, RESIDING AT KRIPA, NADUVILAKARA P. O., MUKHATHALA, KOLLAM DISTRICT - 691 577.
BY ADVS. C.RAJENDRAN B.K.GOPALAKRISHNAN
RESPONDENT/S:
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 695 033.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – 695 014.
BY ADVS.
R1. R3 & R5 BY SHRI.N.MANOJ KUMAR, STATE ATTORNEY SRI.P.G.PRAMOD, GOVERNMENT PLEADER R4 BY SRI. T. NAVEEN
THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON
16.03.2022, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
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Dated this the 16th day of March, 2022.
JUDGMENT
S. MANIKUMAR,CJ.
The petitioner, an advocate practising in this Court, has filed the instant writ petition as a Public Interest Litigation seeking the following reliefs:
2. Pending disposal of the writ petition, interim orders have
been granted periodically.
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reliefs sought for in the writ petition have been redressed. Therefore,
nothing remains to be adjudicated in this case.
Placing on record the said submission, this writ petition is closed.
sd/-
S. MANIKUMAR, CHIEF JUSTICE.
sd/-
SHAJI P. CHALY,
JUDGE.
Rv
Adv. K.Vijayan
State of Kerala
The Secretary Taxes Department (Excise)
Excise Commissioner
Managing Director Kerala State Beverages Corporation Ltd.
General Secretary Federation of Kerala Hotels Association
S. Manikumar
Shaji P. Chaly
As recorded by the court registry
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