IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.T.RAVIKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 19TH JANUARY 2010 / 29TH POUSHA 1931 WA.No. 665 of 2007(B) --------------------- AGAINST THE JUDGEMENT IN OP.15887/2002 Dated 01/12/2006 .................... APPELLANT(S): PETITIONER ------------------------- LOYD C. VARGHESE, S/O. LATE C.L.VARGHESE, CHARUVATHUR HOUSE, LOURDUPURAM, THRISSUR-680 005. BY ADV. SRI.JIJO PAUL RESPONDENT(S): RESPONDENTS --------------------------- 1. THE SOUTH INDIAN BANK LTD., REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, SOUTH INDIAN BANK LTD., HEAD OFFICE, THRISSUR. 2. THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER, SOUTH INDIAN BANK (REGISTERED OFFICE), THRISSUR. ADV. SRI.M.PATHROSE MATTHAI, SENIOR ADVOCATE FOR R SRI.SAJI VARGHESE FOR R THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/01/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K. BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & C.T. RAVIKUMAR, JJ. --------------------------------------------- W.A. NO. 665 OF 2007 --------------------------------------------- Dated this the 19th day of January, 2010 JUDGMENT Balakrishnan Nair, J. The appellant seeks a direction against the South Indian Bank Ltd., which is a banking company in the private sector. In view of the decision of this Court in C.J. Thomas v. South Indian Bank Ltd. and Others [1987(2) LLJ 193] and the Apex Court in Federal Bank Ltd. v. Sagar Thomas [2004(1) LLJ 161], no writ could be issued from this Court against the said Bank. Accordingly, the Writ Appeal is dismissed. (K. BALAKRISHNAN NAIR) JUDGE (C.T. RAVIKUMAR) JUDGE sp/ 2 K. BALAKRISHNAN NAIR & C.T. RAVIKUMAR, JJ. W.A.NO.665/2007 JUDGMENT 19h January, 2010 3