IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M.C.HARI RANI TUESDAY, THE 30TH SEPTEMBER 2008 / 8TH ASWINA 1930 WP(C).No. 19820 of 2008(H) -------------------------- PETITIONER(S): --------------- C.S.BHASKARAN, CHULLIPARAMBIL HOUSE THANAVEEDI, MULLASSERY CHAVAKKAD TALUK THRISSUR BY ADV. SRI.P.B.SAHASRANAMAN SRI.K.JAGADEESH SRI.T.S.HARIKUMAR RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, THRISSUR 2. S.I. OF POLICE, PAVARATTY, THRISSUR GOVT. PLEADER SRI.P.A.SALIM. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 30/09/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: WPC 19820/08 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXTS. EXT.P1 - TRUE PHOTOSTAT COPY OF THE REPRESENTATION SUBMITTED BY THE PETITIONER BEFORE THE 1ST RESPONDENT DATED 11.3.2008. /TRUE COPY/ K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & M.C.HARI RANI, JJ. ----------------------------------------- W.P.(C) NO. 19820 OF 2008-H ----------------------------------------- Dated 30th September, 2008. JUDGMENT Balakrishnan Nair, J. The petitioner has approached this Court, alleging that the respondents are summoning him to the police station repeatedly under the guise of trying for a settlement of the marital dispute between him and his wife, which is pending before the competent Family Court. 2. The learned Government Pleader, upon instructions, submitted that the petitioner was summoned several times to the Adalat and to the Police Station with the intention to settle the dispute between the husband and wife. The wife had filed a petition before the police and based on that they have acted, it is submitted. 3. If the petitioner is not willing to settle the dispute in the Police Station or in the Adalat, the police have no business to further meddle in the matter. No statutory provision, now in force in the State WPC 19820/08 2 of Kerala, authorises the police to interfere in a family dispute and compel the parties to arrive at a settlement. So, the police shall keep their hands off in the dispute between the petitioner and his wife, unless commission of some cognizable offence by the petitioner is reported. The Writ Petition is disposed of as above. K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR, JUDGE. M.C.HARI RANI, JUDGE. Nm/