{"id":196667,"date":"2010-09-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/national-insurance-co-ltd-vs-smt-m-sumatha-on-6-september-2010"},"modified":"2019-02-25T13:15:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T07:45:48","slug":"national-insurance-co-ltd-vs-smt-m-sumatha-on-6-september-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/national-insurance-co-ltd-vs-smt-m-sumatha-on-6-september-2010","title":{"rendered":"National Insurance Co Ltd vs Smt M Sumatha on 6 September, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">National Insurance Co Ltd vs Smt M Sumatha on 6 September, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: L.Narayana Swamy<\/div>\n<pre>.- . \" m\u00a7:;_\u00bb:;;%;\u00a7,\u00a7:\u00a7_g\u00a7: 5.. gas  ____ H .\n\n \ufb01\"?\u00a7\"3;\u00a7?\u00a7 ;%3\u00a7.\u00a7;:3\u00e9:&gt;5.\u00a7:\u00a7\u00a7\u00a3 swam $3: \n\n-3-\n\n3%  E\ufb01if\ufb01 mag? 52? :\u00a7{&amp;\u00a7\u00a7\u00a7;\u00a7;am 5:? gaga\ufb01a\u00e9aisz\u00e9gg\n\n \n\n\u00a7\u00a7\u00a7\"\u00a7'E\u00a31 33:13 13% gg\ufb01\u00e9 gay \u00a33? 33 p*z*E\u00a7%mg\"\u00a7'\u00a7:;\u00a7::*;\u00bb;..'..jj  ;_. 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