Vijayakumar vs Food Inspector on 1 July, 2003
Sadasivan, J. in State of Kerala v. Wilfred (1968 KLT 57) referred to the decision of Raman Nayar, J. in K. Damodaran v. V.K. Sippi (AIR 1960 Ker. 389) wherein it was held that any case instituted upon complaint means 'any case of which the court has taken cognizance upon complaint.'