{"id":128343,"date":"2008-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/siddamma-seeralamma-vs-the-oriental-insu-co-ltd-on-17-march-2008"},"modified":"2014-08-29T15:03:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T09:33:33","slug":"siddamma-seeralamma-vs-the-oriental-insu-co-ltd-on-17-march-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/siddamma-seeralamma-vs-the-oriental-insu-co-ltd-on-17-march-2008","title":{"rendered":"Siddamma @ Seeralamma vs The Oriental Insu Co Ltd on 17 March, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Siddamma @ Seeralamma vs The Oriental Insu Co Ltd on 17 March, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: Ram Mohan Reddy<\/div>\n
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Karnataka High Court Siddamma @ Seeralamma vs The Oriental Insu Co Ltd on 17 March, 2008 Author: Ram Mohan Reddy THE HON’BLE MR.JUV\u00a73T1CEV f % M.F.A. No. 3462 ggoos SIDDAMMA’ aamareammma kk AGED sekvmask , t w_1o mrEH%ucra%mAH%% L ‘ R]O. 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