{"id":212641,"date":"2010-03-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-v-manjunatha-vs-the-director-on-8-march-2010"},"modified":"2018-08-31T11:56:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T06:26:44","slug":"k-v-manjunatha-vs-the-director-on-8-march-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-v-manjunatha-vs-the-director-on-8-march-2010","title":{"rendered":"K V Manjunatha vs The Director on 8 March, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">K V Manjunatha vs The Director on 8 March, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: V.Gopalagowda &amp; B.S.Patil<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT or KARNATAKA AT BANGALORiE,:.:\"\"A,.\nDATED THIS THE 87\" DAY or MARCH 2o1Q.,..__\"&lt;~ \nPRESENT .fv2d\nTHE HON&#039;Bi.E MR. }USTICE v GQPALA GovvAojA,  =\nTHE HON&#039;BLE MR. 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