State Cooperative Election Commission vs. K. Jayavarma

ITEM NO.16 & 17

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

COURT NO.5

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 15765/2017

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 02-03-2017 in WPC No. 34019/2016 passed by the High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam)

REJI THOMAS & ORS.

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

STATE OF KERALA & ORS.

(WITH IA No.85062/2017-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING SLP)

WITH

SLP(C) No. $15768-15772/2017$ (XI -A) (WITH APPLN(S) FOR PERMISSION TO FILE APPEAL-IA 38742/2017)

SLP(C) No. $16136-16140/2017$ (XI -A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.)

DIARY NO.24057/2017

Date: 12-09-2017 These petitions were called on for hearing today.

$CORAM :$

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE R. BANUMATHI

For the parties

Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR (N.P.) Mr. Atul Shankar Vinod, Adv. Mr. Himinder Lal, Adv. Mr. M.P. Vinod, AOR Mr. Dileep Pillai, Adv. Mr. Ajay Kr. Jain, Adv. Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Mr. V.K. Biju, AOR Ms. Resmitha R. Chandran, AOR Mr. G. Prakash, AOR

Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv.

$Respondent(s)$

Mrs. Priyanka Prakash,Adv. Mrs. Beena Prakash,Adv. Mr. Vijay Shankar V.L.,Adv. Mr. C.K. Sasi, AOR Mr. V.K. Biju,Adv. Mr. Himanshu Singh Yadav,Adv. Mr. Abhay Pratap Singh,Adv.

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

SLP(C) Nos.15765/2017

Mr. G. Prakash, learned counsel waives service of notice on Respondent No.3.

Mr. M.P. Vinod, learned counsel waives service of notice on Respondent No.6.

In SLP(C) No. 15765/2017, the petitioners are directed to serve a copy of the special leave petition(s) on Ms. Resmitha R. Chandran, Advocate-on-Record for Respondent No.7, within two days, failing which the special leave petition will stand dismissed.

SLP(C) No. 15768-15772/2017 & SLP(C) No. 16136-16140/2017

M/s. G. Prakash, M.P. Vinod and C.K. Sasi, learned counsel, appears and accepts notice for the common respondents in the connected matters.

For the rest of the unserved respondents, the petitioners shall take necessary steps to complete service of notice by way of paper publication in two local newspapers in Kottayam Edition, within two weeks.

Counter affidavit, if any, be filed within three weeks.

Rejoinder affidavit, if any, be filed within two weeks thereafter.

List on 08.11.2017.

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Delay condoned.

Issue notice.

M/s. M.P. Vinod, G. Prakash and C.K. Sasi, learned counsel, accept notice for the common respondents in the connected matters.

Counter affidavit, if any, be filed within four weeks.

Rejoinder affidavit, if any, be filed within two weeks thereafter.

List on 08.11.2017.

(NARENDRA PRASAD) (RENU DIWAN) COURT MASTER ASST. REGISTRAR