LAWS(KER)-1974-7-33

MAYER SIMON Vs. ADVOCATE GENERAL KERALA

Decided On July 15, 1974
MAYER SIMON Appellant
V/S
ADVOCATE GENERAL, KERALA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The question is whether the order Ext. P3 passed by the Advocate General of Kerala, the first respondent, refusing "consent in writing" as envisaged by S.92(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure to the petitioner for instituting a suit along with another for the reliefs that would fall under that sub-section is amenable to be quashed, as prayed for, by the issue of a writ of certiorari. The order Ext. P3 is a brief one and reads thus:

(2.) The circumstances which led to the application before the Advocate General are stated in the order of reference of Isaac J., the relevant p of which we shall extract:

(3.) Isaac J. felt that the Full Bench (consisting of 3 Judges) decision of this Court in A. K. Bhaskar v. Advocate General AIR 1962 Kerala 90 required reconsideration and the case was therefore placed before the Chief Justice who directed the posting of the case before a Division Bench. The Division Bench, consisting of Govindan Nair and Sadasivan JJ. before whom the case came up, referred the case to a Full Bench for decision and the Full Bench consisting of Raghavan C. J. and Balakrishna Eradi and Namboodiripad JJ. felt that the case has to be placed before a "Fuller Bench".