{"id":248680,"date":"2008-06-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bernard-dsouza-vs-smt-shanta-alias-geetha-on-4-june-2008"},"modified":"2017-03-30T21:12:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T15:42:25","slug":"bernard-dsouza-vs-smt-shanta-alias-geetha-on-4-june-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bernard-dsouza-vs-smt-shanta-alias-geetha-on-4-june-2008","title":{"rendered":"Bernard D&#8217;Souza vs Smt Shanta Alias Geetha on 4 June, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Bernard D&#8217;Souza vs Smt Shanta Alias Geetha on 4 June, 2008<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: V.G.Sabhahit &amp; A.S.Pachhapure<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">IN THE man coum or K.A.RNATAK,A AT   A' \n\nmsmn THE 4\": DAY or JUNE 2003   \nr-Rmsmrr \n\nTHE \u00a3~!0H'BLE MR. 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