{"id":199667,"date":"2008-08-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/nagaraj-naik-vs-pradeep-shetty-on-8-august-2008"},"modified":"2015-09-21T18:40:52","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T13:10:52","slug":"nagaraj-naik-vs-pradeep-shetty-on-8-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/nagaraj-naik-vs-pradeep-shetty-on-8-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"Nagaraj Naik vs Pradeep Shetty on 8 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nagaraj Naik vs Pradeep Shetty on 8 August, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: Deepak Verma A.S.Bopanna<\/div>\n
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