{"id":152604,"date":"2010-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/thilak-shetty-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-21-october-2010"},"modified":"2018-09-22T08:28:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T02:58:10","slug":"thilak-shetty-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-21-october-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/thilak-shetty-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-21-october-2010","title":{"rendered":"Thilak Shetty vs The State Of Karnataka on 21 October, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Thilak Shetty vs The State Of Karnataka on 21 October, 2010<\/div>\n
Author: N.Ananda<\/div>\n
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