{"id":236327,"date":"2010-01-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-s-swaminathan-vs-the-new-india-assurance-co-ltd-on-5-january-2010"},"modified":"2014-04-07T13:36:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T08:06:04","slug":"sri-s-swaminathan-vs-the-new-india-assurance-co-ltd-on-5-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-s-swaminathan-vs-the-new-india-assurance-co-ltd-on-5-january-2010","title":{"rendered":"Sri S Swaminathan vs The New India Assurance Co Ltd on 5 January, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Sri S Swaminathan vs The New India Assurance Co Ltd on 5 January, 2010<\/div>\n
Author: Lok Adalath<\/div>\n
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