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P. V. KUNHIKRISHNAN
Yeshwanth Shenoy, S/o. V. L. Shenoy – Appellant
Versus
Chief Justice, High Court Of Kerala – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. Sir Thomas More, an English lawyer, Judge, Social Philosopher, Author, Statesman and noted Renaissance humanist framed a prayer for the lawyers, which is extracted hereunder:-
2. The petitioner, who claims to be a lawyer practising in this Court and different other courts in India, including the Apex Court, and also having 22 years of practice, filed this writ petition with “strange reliefs”. It will be better to extract the reliefs in this writ petition.
(ii) To declare that a minimum of 50 matters be listed before every Court in the High Court in addition to a 'final disposal' list considering the pen
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Writ petitions against the Registrar General must be heard by a Division Bench, and relief cannot be granted without proper jurisdiction and due process.
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