{"id":147982,"date":"2008-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-vs-sri-rangappa-on-1-december-2008"},"modified":"2017-08-17T09:26:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T03:56:41","slug":"the-branch-manager-vs-sri-rangappa-on-1-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-vs-sri-rangappa-on-1-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"The Branch Manager vs Sri Rangappa on 1 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">The Branch Manager vs Sri Rangappa on 1 December, 2008<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Subhash B.Adi<\/div>\n<pre> ':~&gt;%'%j%:'\n\nIII THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT \n\nDATED THIS THE 1st my 01:' SECEMBER, 2008   jj\nSEFORE Q %\nTHE Momma MRJUSTICE SUBIjASH B,A:3;*. f; J  \"<\/pre>\n<p>M.F&#8217;.A.NO.2958I2008   T1  &#8221;   &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>BETWEEN:\n<\/p>\n<p>I<\/p>\n<p> ts\u00bb<br \/>\n+.&#8212;  2<br \/>\n&#8221; .7?\n<\/p>\n<p>  SR1&#8242;. xRf&amp;1\\E\u00a5&#8217;~&#8221;;}A.??&#8217;E&#8217;1\\<\/p>\n<p>THE BRANCH MANAGER  _<br \/>\nTHE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE Q~+::~.,1&#8242;;1&#8242;.D&#8217;_<br \/>\nBRANCH OFFICE, BES&#8217;i!:_)E. &#8216;I&#8217;A.LUi.&lt;: Q:~&quot;?_F1,,% &#039;<br \/>\nVASAVI CIRCLE, CHITRAEBUI-EC}-&#039;.-\ufb01f:&#039;\u00bb  &#039; A<br \/>\nBY ITS REGIONAL MANAGE-RV &#039;<br \/>\nTHE NEW INDIA_ASSUI%{AN{L-E1: _  &#8211;  &quot;<br \/>\nco. 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