{"id":207068,"date":"2008-08-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shankarappa-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-13-august-2008"},"modified":"2017-11-10T06:15:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T00:45:42","slug":"shankarappa-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-13-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shankarappa-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-13-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"Shankarappa vs State Of Karnataka on 13 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Shankarappa vs State Of Karnataka on 13 August, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: Ajit J Gunjal<\/div>\n
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