{"id":124085,"date":"2009-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sharanabasappa-so-sangappa-vs-the-superintending-engineer-v-on-21-august-2009"},"modified":"2017-05-12T20:28:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T14:58:08","slug":"sharanabasappa-so-sangappa-vs-the-superintending-engineer-v-on-21-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sharanabasappa-so-sangappa-vs-the-superintending-engineer-v-on-21-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sharanabasappa S\/O Sangappa … vs The Superintending Engineer (V) on 21 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sharanabasappa S\/O Sangappa … vs The Superintending Engineer (V) on 21 August, 2009<\/div>\n
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