REGHUNATHA PANICKER v. C. K. THANKAPPAN - 1986 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 16

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1986 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 16

KERALA HIGH COURT
, J
REGHUNATHA PANICKER v. C. K. THANKAPPAN

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1. petitioners were enforcing directives from the speaker. (Para 1 , 2)
2. complaints regarding assembly entry are scrutinized under legislative jurisdiction. (Para 3 , 4 , 5)
3. legislative officers performing their duties are protected from legal action. (Para 6 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11)

1. The 4th accused in C. C. 1781/83 on the file of the Judicial II Class Magistrate II, Trivandrum is the petitioner in Crl. M. C. 319/83. Third accused in the said case has preferred Crl. M. C. 320/83. These petitions are for quashing the complaint in the said case.

2. The material averments made by the petitioners in these petitions, in a nut-shell, are as follows:-
The petitioner in M. C. 319/83 is working as Security Officer, Government Secretariat, having lien as Circle Inspector of Police, S. A. P. -C-Company, Trivandrum. The petitioner in Crl. M. C. 320/83 is Circle Inspector of Police working in Trivandrum District. Petitioners were deployed for duty in the Legislative Assembly to assist the Watch and Ward of the Kerala Legislative Assembly which was subjected to serious Law and Order situation within the Assembly premises. The petitioners had been specifically instructed to prevent t