{"id":234002,"date":"2020-08-17T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T03:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=234002"},"modified":"2020-08-21T10:49:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T05:19:18","slug":"ker-hc-no-writ-of-mandamus-lie-against-public-authority-for-performance-of-an-act-unless-enjoined-by-law-govt-order-or-precedent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/08\/17\/ker-hc-no-writ-of-mandamus-lie-against-public-authority-for-performance-of-an-act-unless-enjoined-by-law-govt-order-or-precedent\/","title":{"rendered":"Ker HC | No writ of mandamus lie against public authority for performance of an act unless enjoined by law, Govt. order or precedent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kerala High Court:<\/strong> T.V. Anilkumar, J. dismissed the writ petition with all interlocutory applications declared closed.<\/p>\n

In the present case, the petitioner filed a writ petition requesting the Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus against the respondent authority to ban the respondent broadcasting from telecasting the TV serial \u201cKoodathai: The Game of Death\u201d. The serial fictionalised the incidents relating to the commission of murder of six people at ‘Koodathai’ in Kozhikode, in which the petitioner is a key eye-witness.<\/p>\n

Further, the case had yet not come to a conclusion. Therefore, the petitioner mainly contended that in order to prevent any prejudice by the other witnesses and fairness of the trial, the ban is a must.<\/p>\n

The Court while dismissing the Writ Petition held that:<\/p>\n

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  1. The petitioner had no locus standi to file the petition;<\/li>\n
  2. He himself on numerous occasions has appeared on news channels narrating the incident.<\/li>\n
  3. The Writ of Mandamus can only be issued against a public authority if the same is required under any law, government order, or has been established by way of a precedent, which in the present case could not be cogently shown.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    [Mohemmed Bava v. State of Kerala, 2020 SCC OnLine Ker 3136<\/b><\/a>, decided on 07-08-2020]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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