(1.) THE Judgment of the court was delivered by
(2.) THIS appeal is brought bycertificate from the judgment of the Kerala High court in 0. P. No. 934 of 1964.
(3.) ON 16/12/1963 the government of Kerala promulgated Ordinance I of 1963 which was later replaced by Act 9 of 1964. The Ordinance was promulgated in order to avoid the effect of the decision of this court in A.B. AbdulKadir and Ors. v. The State of Kerala in respect of the period from 17/08/1950 to 31/12/1957. Section 3 of the Act provides: