{"id":180050,"date":"2009-12-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-p-suryanarayana-rao-vs-the-new-india-assurance-co-ltd-on-9-december-2009"},"modified":"2017-11-07T04:47:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T23:17:23","slug":"sri-p-suryanarayana-rao-vs-the-new-india-assurance-co-ltd-on-9-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-p-suryanarayana-rao-vs-the-new-india-assurance-co-ltd-on-9-december-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sri P Suryanarayana Rao vs The New India Assurance Co Ltd on 9 December, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Sri P Suryanarayana Rao vs The New India Assurance Co Ltd on 9 December, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: N.K.Patil And Gowda<\/div>\n
IN THE men comm' or KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\nDATED THIS THE 9% DAY 09 DECEMBER, 29-99\nPRESENT  \nTHE HON'BLE MRJUSTICE N. K. PQTII\": \nAND      4'\n\nTHE I-iON'BLE MRJUSTICE B;'sR1;E\u00a7fIVAs;3E:\"GdWm2iT_i\n\nM.F.A.No. 1 17.o4pf 2006 (mi;   \n\nBETWEEN:\n\nSri. P. S1.11\"y2u1a.1'ay\u00e931i1:;11' IT\"<'.:-'1_.V('5*. \nS\/0. R\u00a3iI]]E1(',hE5U1C1l'??1.-..._ \nAgeci. \u00a31})()_u'E".;)(;:T: 1V1:_1_i* E\",z1--._\\,\u00bb.%c)}_.1 15..\n8:;--111'g;e;x1\u00e9_5'r@3.V .6\" 5 5 0 ti 1) '\/'~] _ . .\n = ' *  %   A1.:)p'\\7_21\" P:fi21sz1<:1. A<Ev.)\n\n        \n\n 1  3 "'ITA'1"m_N\u00a7%V:j1V1'3('iiz=L Ass31..1a'a1'":<t Cu. I,E.(:i..\n\n R(v5;L_\u00a7ia(}},'}i1\u00a7.VU\"fk\ufb01('i(E. No.72.\n, V[.}1'1i.ty'E\ufb01z\ufb01itflixlg A1'11'1c:x(_.*.\n'\"\"'~E\\\/Iiv:je:ai(3-ii Road. B.:111\u00a7ge-11(.>1\"('  27.\nI'Q.' 3}):'t3S(}1'11.(?C1 1:3}-'  R(:gic>1'1.211 E\\\/Ia11.:1gc1'.\n\n    'I'J\u00b0i1\". L. 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