Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. v. The Commissioner Of Police Ernakulam District
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT:
THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.ASHOK BHUSHAN & THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.M.SHAFFIQUE FRIDAY, THE 27TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2015/6TH AGRAHAYANA, 1937 ---------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S):
---------------------- RELIANCE JIO INFOCOMM LTD., CHANDRIKA CHAMBERS, 4TH FLOOR, SA ROAD, VYTTILA, COCHIN - 682 019, REPRESENTED BY ITS STATE CONSTRUCTION HEAD AND AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY MR. RAMAN PADMANABHAN BY ADV. SRI.A.KUMAR RESPONDENT(S):
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1. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE , COCHIN CITY, REVENUE TOWER, PARK AVENUE, COCHIN - 683 011.
2. CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, ERNAKULAM CENTRAL POLICE STATION, ERNAKULAM - 682 031.
3. SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, KADAVANTHARA POLICE STATION, KADAVANTHARA - 682 020.
4. P.REGHU, "NARAYANEEYAM, IMMANUEL LANE, K.K. ROAD, KOCHI - 17
5. JOSEPH JOHN, HOUSE NO 37/1912 IMMANUEL LANE, K.K. ROAD, KOCHI - 17.
6. ABEY JOY, HOUSE NO 37/1911, IMMANUEL LANE, K.K. ROAD, KOCHI - 17.
7. C.N THANKAPPAN, 'RESHMI NIVAS, HOUSE NO 37/1906, IMMANUEL LANE, K.K. ROAD, KOCHI - 17.
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8. COCHIN CORPORATION, REPRESENTED BY ITS' SECRETARY, KOCHI - 682 011.
R1-R3 BY SENIOR GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.C.R.SYAMKUMAR R4-R7 BY ADV. SRI.M.M.MONAYE SRI.M.PAUL VARGHESE SRI.DESI MATTHAI R8 BY ADV. SRI.P.K.SOYUZ, SC THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 27-11-2015, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: msv/
--------------------------------------- APPENDIX PETITIONER(S)' EXHIBITS ------------------------------------- EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF CATEGORY(A) LICENSE GRANTED BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF GOVERNMENT DEPT. OF TELECOMMUNICATION DATED 23-06-2011.
EXHIBIT P2 TRUE COPY OF THE BUILDING PERMIT DATED 7-09-2013. EXHIBIT P3 A TRUE COPY OF THE RECEIPT DATED 1-11-2013. EXHIBIT P4 TRUE COPY OF THE COMPLAINT SUBMITTED BEFORE THE 2ND RESPONDENT DATED 6-11-2013.
EXHIBIT P4(a): A TRUE COPY OF THE RECEIPT DTD.8.11.2013. EXHIBIT P5 TRUE COPY OF THE COMPLAINT SUBMITTED BEFORE THE 1ST RESPONDENT DATED 4-2-2014.
EXHIBIT P5(A) TRUE COPY OF THE A/D CARD EVIDENCING RECEIPT OF THE COMPLAINT BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT RESPONDENT(S)' EXHIBITS:
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ASHOK BHUSHAN, C.J & A.M. SHAFFIQUE, J.
----------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No.10065 of 2014 ------------------------------------------- Dated this the 27th day of November 2015
J U D G M E N T
Shaffique, J.
The petitioner has approached this Court seeking for police protection for constructing a mobile telecommunication tower. This issue had already been decided by this Court in the judgment in Indus Towers Ltd. v. Sub Inspector of Police [2014 (4) KLT 306].
Under such circumstances, we close the writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to approach the District Telecom Committee for appropriate relief.
Sd/- ASHOK BHUSHAN CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- A.M. SHAFFIQUE J UDGE Jvt/30.11.2015.