LAWS(KER)-2016-1-50

SUJANAPAL P. Vs. STATE OF KERALA AND ORS.

Decided On January 25, 2016
Sujanapal P. Appellant
V/S
STATE OF KERALA And ORS. Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) These appeals are against the judgment in a writ petition. In their listed sequence, they are respectively by the writ petitioner; the third respondent, a judicial officer; and, the first respondent State of Kerala. The parties are referred to hereinafter in terms of their status in the writ petition.

(2.) The reliefs sought for by the writ petitioner are for an order directing the State to pay Rs. 10 lakhs as compensation to the petitioner by way of public law remedy; for a direction to the State to realise that compensation amount from the third respondent judicial officer; to direct the second respondent High Court of Kerala to initiate disciplinary proceedings against that judicial officer; and for other appropriate reliefs as this Court may deem fit to grant.

(3.) The facts and circumstances which led to the filing of the writ petition are as follows: