STATE OF KERALA Vs. K S KRISHNA KUMARI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The appeals arise from a common judgment disposing of O. P. Nos. 4873, 5006, 5004, 5188 and 5449 of 1974. The Original Petitions raise the same question that has been dealt with in the judgment which gave rise to the appeals.

(2.) The points raised in arguments advanced in the Writ Appeals and the Original Petitions by counsel were also common. We shall therefore dispose of the Writ Appeals and the Original Petitions by this common judgment.

(3.) The facts of the Original Petitions disposed of by the common judgment which is under appeal in the Writ Appeals have been stated in Para.1 to 6 of the judgment. We shall extract those paragraphs: