UMESH CHALLIYIL vs HARIDASAN PALAYIL . — C.A. No. 5006/2004

Summary of C.A. No. 005006/2004 (Umesh Challiyil v. Haridasan Palayil) On February 28, 2013, the Supreme Court dismissed the civil appeal as infructuous. The case involved whether a Legislative Assembly Member took the oath in the prescribed form. The High Court found the oath was not taken correctly but allowed the member to retake it. Since the member's elected term had already expired by the time of the Supreme Court hearing, the matter became infructuous. All pending applications were disposed of, though the Court left the underlying legal question open for future consideration in an appropriate case. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.