{"id":132757,"date":"2008-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/patrick-raja-vs-the-union-of-india-on-18-march-2008"},"modified":"2015-08-17T05:10:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T23:40:17","slug":"patrick-raja-vs-the-union-of-india-on-18-march-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/patrick-raja-vs-the-union-of-india-on-18-march-2008","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Raja vs The Union Of India on 18 March, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Patrick Raja vs The Union Of India on 18 March, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: A.S.Bopanna<\/div>\n
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