{"id":177441,"date":"2009-10-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009"},"modified":"2018-12-31T00:25:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T18:55:32","slug":"the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009","title":{"rendered":"The Branch Manager The Oriental … vs Sri Ramesh S\/O Narayana Shetty on 7 October, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
The Branch Manager The Oriental … vs Sri Ramesh S\/O Narayana Shetty on 7 October, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: N.Ananda<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT OF' KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\nDATED THIS THE 07'7\"\" DAY OF OCTOBER 2009\nBEFORE\n\nTHE HONBLE MR. JUSTICE N. ANANDA---- I  \"\n\nMISCELLANEOUS FIRST APPEAL No.3030\/'v:2{J0\u20ac%A,:(*l\\EJ\"_V}EE '  E \n\nC\/W.  .\n\nMISCELLANEOUS FIRST APPEAL cnossi T_ \n\nNo.116\/2009  A 'E\n\nIN M.F.A. No.3030\/2008 (Ma?) \n\nBETWEEN:\n\n - ._  U. PCSONA-CHA ADVOCATE)\n\nTHE BRANCH MANAGEE1, V .   ._\nM \/S. ORIENTAL 1NsURAN.EC).3El:3,[2~()O3' ON THE FILE OF THE 11\nADDL. CNILVJILIDGE'{sR.13ire}._ANTD ADDL. MACT, SHIMOGA,\nAWARDING \"A ' C--D__MPE_NSAT1GN...V\"OF Rs.80,000\/-- WITH\nINTEREST @E*AV6~',Vo PLA FROM 'I'HE DATE OF PETIT1ON TILL\nDEPOSIT. --. ' \"  \" _   ' '\n\nMFA.CR0E._4N0v.  '\n\n BETWEEN\n\n\u00ab_ SR1 RAMESH S\/0. NARAYANA SHETTY,\n \" \"AGED 4'OxY1'3RAS, R\/0. opp.\n MURUDESEWARA BEED STALL\n. \"(NEAR SUPREME MOTORS},\n MUTT ROAD, SHIMOGA.\n\n...CROSS OBJECTOR\n\n\u00ab   (Ev-.si%i. s. V. PRAKASH ADVOCATE)\n\n\"  ,.} 'RESEOEDENTS V\n\n\n\n1. THE BRANCH MANAGER,\nM\/S. ORIENTAL INSURANCE CO. LTD..\nBRANCH OFFICE, KULVADI BUILDING,\nK. S. RAO ROAD.\nI-{AMPANAKA'I'I'E, MANGALORE.\n\nREGIONAL OFFICE. \n\n2. SR1 DEVAPPA, S\/0. IVEANJU P:QoJAi;i, \nAGED 44 YEARS.  \nR\/0. KLIYA KOTEKAR,  - V \"\nMANGALORE.\n\n3. MRS. SAGUNA c. NAIK, MAJOR, \"_\nMANAGING PAR'FI'J_EE2, ' V  u  \nM \/0 MAHABALLES}iWPJ{AE1?JTERPR1'SES.\nMANGALoRE.,__\n\n RESPONDENTS\n\nTHIS 4- MEA_.CRQE'--.__:N. MFA No.3030\/2008 FILED\nU\/0RDER'g_ 41 'R_U;..E= 32.2 OF CPC, AGAINST THE\nJUDGEMENT AND AWARD DATED 25.08.2007 PASSED IN\nMvc_;N0u..395\/2003 ON THE FILE OF II ADDITIONAL CIVIL\n\n\"'\u00ab--..JUD.GE;_\u00ab.gSE.,DN.) 8:\"\"IviEMBER, MACT, SHIMOGA, PARTLY\n\n CLAIM PETETION FOR COMPENSATION\n\n _AND\"S.EE_I\u00a7iN'G_ ENHANCEMENT OF COMPENSATION.\n\n AND MEACROB COMING 0N FOR\n\n ; ADNiISS'1QN'\"'THIS DAY. THE COURT.' DELIVERED THE\nC' \" \"   -- ---- _\"33'oVLLoW:NG:\n\n\n\n4\n\nJUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
The insurance company has \ufb01led this appeal to set
\naside the award inter aiia contending that the risk of
\nclaimant was not covered under the policy. The insurance
\ncompany has not called into question   .<\/p>\n
compensation.\n<\/p>\n
2. The claimant has filed M1’$A.cRoB
\nof compensation. I When thctV’in_sura’nce  not
\ncalled into question the  of co1I.tpe.nsai:ion, the
\nclaimant can not file’  enhancement of<\/p>\n
compe,nsatio’n;.t’v , e\n<\/p>\n
3. “I have heard  ‘.IV;E;” U. Poonacha, learned counsel
\nfor in slvirance conipany;\n<\/p>\n
– ’41?” leamedtttcounsel for insurance company would<\/p>\n
 u._.s’U.i;mit.V::”tIf1atMV “ecvlaimant was a cleaner in the passenger<\/p>\n
ca1′.tjyingV.vehi–cie. Therefore, his risk was not covere\u00e9 under<\/p>\n
~ ..   Hthe poii,c_\\_I3~. aw\ufb01\u00e9w
\n  so   we . \u00bb ~<\/p>\n
5. As could be seen from records, the insured had
\npaid additional premium to cover the risk of conductor as
\nper IMT:18 of the policy. The claimant has contendedthat
\nhe was travelling in the bus involved in the
\nconductor–cum–cleaner. The insurance   it
\ncontended that claimant was travel-li”r”1g—as’
\nrisk was not covered under theand
\nstatutory obligation on the of  to ”
\ncover the risk of cleaner in  ‘pas”s’en.ger.E carrying<\/p>\n
bus.\n<\/p>\n
Ithairelgone_pthrou;\u00a7Ii..lt11e_ records. Before the Tribunal.
\nthe insurance “not taken such a contention.<\/p>\n
Therefore, before thhe appellate court, it can not be permitted<\/p>\n
V’  to i’aise:guChx a contention.<\/p>\n
calelw<\/p>\n
 -Z—iii I  he<\/p>\n
r.\n<\/p>\n
 of claimant, he has<\/p>\n
was”*– traireiling as a conductor~cum~cleaner in the bus<\/p>\n
 _:”1I1\\IC)’1V\u20ac(3.”‘.lI1 the accident. This fact has not been<\/p>\n
  controverted. On the other hand, it has been suggested to<\/p>\n
 \u00a39’,-\\_…-m <\/p>\n
claimant that he continues to work as such after the<\/p>\n
accident.\n<\/p>\n
7. In terms of IM’i’:18 of the policy,  K V’<\/p>\n
company is liable to pay compensation’ fQr–.Abodii):f’ \u00bb\u00abi1_1_i}.V1’1’$r’ efi<\/p>\n
the claimant either in terms of W0rkmei’a?s Corf1pensatiOn’Act’ ~_<\/p>\n
or as is pennissibie by comrnon law. W_’I’h.erevfour\u00e9. the<\/p>\n
contention of the insurance cAcV>e:1’I\u00a75.?’1t_:I’x–)\/’V\\t~.}.1._.\u00a3att it ‘is”notV\u00a7IiabIe to
\npay compensation can  View of this, the
\nappeal is disrru’vs4s:ed’ at  as also Cross
\nObjection.     transferred to the
\nIIAcid1. Civi1e.C911_r:t”  Shimoga. Parties
\nto bear       H’ \/.\n<\/p>\n
JUDGE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court The Branch Manager The Oriental … vs Sri Ramesh S\/O Narayana Shetty on 7 October, 2009 Author: N.Ananda IN THE HIGH COURT OF’ KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 07’7″” DAY OF OCTOBER 2009 BEFORE THE HONBLE MR. JUSTICE N. ANANDA—- I ” MISCELLANEOUS FIRST APPEAL No.3030\/’v:2{J0\u20ac%A,:(*l\\EJ”_V}EE ‘ E C\/W. . MISCELLANEOUS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Branch Manager The Oriental ... vs Sri Ramesh S\/O Narayana Shetty on 7 October, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Branch Manager The Oriental ... vs Sri Ramesh S\/O Narayana Shetty on 7 October, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-10-06T18:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-12-30T18:55:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@legaliadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Legal_india\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"The Branch Manager The Oriental … vs Sri Ramesh S\\\/O Narayana Shetty on 7 October, 2009\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-10-06T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-30T18:55:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009\"},\"wordCount\":421,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"High Court\",\"Karnataka High Court\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009\",\"name\":\"The Branch Manager The Oriental ... vs Sri Ramesh S\\\/O Narayana Shetty on 7 October, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-10-06T18:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-30T18:55:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Branch Manager The Oriental … vs Sri Ramesh S\\\/O Narayana Shetty on 7 October, 2009\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\",\"name\":\"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"description\":\"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal India\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/legal-india-icon.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/judgments\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Branch Manager The Oriental ... vs Sri Ramesh S\/O Narayana Shetty on 7 October, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Branch Manager The Oriental ... vs Sri Ramesh S\/O Narayana Shetty on 7 October, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009","og_site_name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2009-10-06T18:30:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-12-30T18:55:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@legaliadmin","twitter_site":"@Legal_india","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"The Branch Manager The Oriental … vs Sri Ramesh S\/O Narayana Shetty on 7 October, 2009","datePublished":"2009-10-06T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2018-12-30T18:55:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009"},"wordCount":421,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"articleSection":["High Court","Karnataka High Court"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009","name":"The Branch Manager The Oriental ... vs Sri Ramesh S\/O Narayana Shetty on 7 October, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-10-06T18:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2018-12-30T18:55:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-branch-manager-the-oriental-vs-sri-ramesh-so-narayana-shetty-on-7-october-2009#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Branch Manager The Oriental … vs Sri Ramesh S\/O Narayana Shetty on 7 October, 2009"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","name":"Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","description":"Search and read the latest judgements, orders, and rulings from the Supreme Court of India and all High Courts. A comprehensive database for lawyers, advocates, and law students.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Free judgements of Supreme Court & High Court of India | Legal India","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#organization","name":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India","alternateName":"Legal India","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/legal-india-icon.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"modified_by":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}