{"id":198506,"date":"2009-12-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sopan-rao-so-vishwanath-rao-patil-vs-the-joint-director-for-food-dy-on-17-december-2009"},"modified":"2017-01-03T05:13:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T23:43:35","slug":"sopan-rao-so-vishwanath-rao-patil-vs-the-joint-director-for-food-dy-on-17-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sopan-rao-so-vishwanath-rao-patil-vs-the-joint-director-for-food-dy-on-17-december-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sopan Rao S\/O Vishwanath Rao Patil vs The Joint Director For Food (Dy … on 17 December, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Sopan Rao S\/O Vishwanath Rao Patil vs The Joint Director For Food (Dy … on 17 December, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: Ashok B.Hinchigeri<\/div>\n
1N THE IHGH COURT OF KARNATAKA\nCIRCUIT BENCH AT GULBARGA\n\nI)A'I'ED THIS THE: 17TH DAY OF I')Ii',CEE\\\/IBER, 2009f.\n\nBEF\"()RE\n\nmlaz HONBLE: EViR.JUS'['ICi%3 ASHOK B.  \n\nWRIT iPE'1'1'1'iON NO.80995 OF  \" \n\n.BET\\NEEN I\n\nSOPAN RAO.\n\nS\/O v1s1~1wANA\"m RAG; PATH\nAGED 55 YEARS.  \nCASTE MARATHA{H1NDU),\" ' V\n\nR\/O MAYSALGA,   '\n\"l'Q.BAS\\7AKAI,Y,M-X1;--_ , A    5\n\nDIST. Z%31DAR._V _ _    .f.\"PE'FI'I'IOi\\TER\n\n.',l' .A .\n\n{BY SR1 'C\n\nR '4 A 7\n\n'AND:\n\n 1.<\/pre>\n
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