State Of Kerala vs. Khadeeja

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s). 4954/2025 [Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 13-09-2024 in LAAPP No. 193/2021 13-09-2024 in LAAPP No. 194/2021 13-09-2024 in LAAPP No. 451/2017 13-09-2024 in LAAPP No. 247/2020 13-09-2024 in LAAPP No. 243/2020 13-09-2024 in LAAPP No. 43/2021 13-09-2024 in LAAPP No. 246/2020 13-09-2024 in LAAPP No. 218/2020 13-09-2024 in LAAPP No. 22/2021 13-09-2024 in LAAPP No. 253/2020 13-09-2024 in LAAPP No. 185/2021 13-09-2024 in LAAPP No. 250/2020 13-09-2024 in LAAPP No. 162/2021 passed by the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam]

STATE OF KERALA Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

T. C. JACOB & ANR. Respondent(s)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. IA No. 63690/2025 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING)

Date : 28-04-2025 This matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN

	For Petitioner(s)	Mr. V. Giri, Sr. Adv.
		Mr. Harshad V. Hameed, AOR
		Mr. Dileep Poolakkot, Adv.
		Mrs. Ashly Harshad, Adv.
		Mr. Anshul Saharan, Adv.

For Respondent(s) Ms. Jyoti Dastidar, AOR Mr. Varghese K Paul, Adv. Ms. Sneha Divakaran P, Adv. Ms. Kashmeera Ashraf, Adv. Ms. Anamika Sasikumar, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Delay condoned.

Issue notice to the respondents.

Ms. Jyoti Dastidar, learned counsel appearing for the

caveator accepts notice for the respondents.

Tag with SLP(C) Diary No.7856/2025.

Interim order passed on 21.02.2025 in SLP (C) Nos.2611-2622/2025 and connected matters shall apply in the present case also. For ease of reference the aforesaid interim order is extracted as under:

"Delay in SLP(C) Diary No.959/2025 is condoned.

We have heard learned senior counsel for the petitioner(s) and learned counsel for the respondentcaveator(s) on the interim relief(s).

Issue notice to the respondents.

Ms. Jyoti Dastidar, learned counsel accepts notice for the respondent(s) in SLP(C) Nos.2611- 2622/2025 and SLP(C) Nos.3899-3924/2025 on caveat.

We direct interim stay of the judgment of the High Court subject to the petitioner-State depositing the entire compensation amount with statutory benefits as awarded by the Reference Court within a period of six weeks from today.

In the event there is non-compliance with the aforesaid order, the interim order of stay shall stand vacated automatically.

On such deposit being made before the Reference Court, liberty is reserved to the respondent-land losers to make their necessary applications and seek withdrawal of the said amount.

It is needless to observe that such applications shall be considered and disposed of expeditiously."

Ordered accordingly.

(RADHA SHARMA) (DIVYA BABBAR) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)

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