{"id":25071,"date":"2010-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chunnilal-bikaji-vs-karnataka-electricity-board-on-2-september-2010"},"modified":"2018-02-07T00:30:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T19:00:45","slug":"chunnilal-bikaji-vs-karnataka-electricity-board-on-2-september-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chunnilal-bikaji-vs-karnataka-electricity-board-on-2-september-2010","title":{"rendered":"Chunnilal Bikaji vs Karnataka Electricity Board on 2 September, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Chunnilal Bikaji vs Karnataka Electricity Board on 2 September, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: H.Billappa<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>3.2%; &#8216;:&#8221;\u00a7T:%,a: E\u00e9\u00a7,\u00a3}E\u00a7 \u00a7,\u00a7\u00a7;:&#8221;&#8221;  \u00a7~;mz&#8217;%\u00a7\u20ac?*%5%&#8217;\u00a7&#8217;z%.}{;% gas? ;3;;_;x%:;_:zx\u00a7_,&lt;.:;:&lt;_;:%:<br \/>\nEf&#039;\u00a7;&#039;\u00a7&#039;E&quot;&quot;}9 $\u00a7%\u00a7.\u00e9&#8221;&#8216;\u00a7&#8217;\u00a7i\ufb0123?a?E\u00a3f\u00a7\u00a7%\u00a7\u00a7%3 2:;::~&#8217;:;{;~u<br \/>\n\u00e9\u00e9szsmaifaezaz 1&#8242; 3<br \/>\nTHE \u00a7\u00a7$E\u00a5&#8217;EEE Ei\u00a7.J\u00a7$&#8221;i*i\u20acEj&#8217;rE\u00a7;.\ufb01.&#8221;\u00a3E,..\u00a7;;\u00a7F\u00a7\u00a77I.<br \/>\n;:&#8217;\u20acE3i}\u00a7EL;%\u00a7{ Sgaziszxs\u00e9y .5-&#8216;\u00a7PEs3iiE:&#8217;-&#8216;:\u00a7., %\u00a7:.-_;.::&#8211;.\u00e9-\u00e9r{}T&#8217;?\/TV.2is;::Agj_:,g:;;., \u00ab. &#8221;  A T<br \/>\nEE&#8221;\u00a7'&#8221;\u00a7EE\u00a7\u00a7: V 4&#8242; % V V V<br \/>\nEi\u00e9mzzmiiai i\ufb01ikzgg\u00e9,<br \/>\nSj&lt;:.E3\u00e9,\u00a7&lt;aji,<br \/>\nAgt::.:\u00a7 e3.%:;&lt;}1;ai: 63$ };&#039;\u20acaZ&#039;S,   A<br \/>\ni\u00a7%E;&#039;{}.E&#039;=\u00a7&lt;3.3:Z{}&#039;?, zm,   &#039;<br \/>\n2% Crzra\u00e9s, \u00a7;3.}:%.\u00a7:\u00a7,}%\u20ac:;:;r:i,  1<\/p>\n<p>\u00a7:\u00a7\u00a7:\u00a7\u00a75.LEify&#039;{}1I\u00a3\u00a7 1&quot;v\u00a3j;sQ:&#039;&#8211;$,  __ , .   <\/p>\n<p>Ta}: ii\ufb01igi: fx\u00e9T&#8217;y${mr&#8221;:~f;s?_&#8217;\u20ac;3 {}i}f&#8221;3__.\u00bb   _   5..zE\u00a73\u00a7&#8217;3%*3ET4-\u00a7_A.?a\u00a7&#8221;\u00a7T&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>{\u00a7:\u00a7\u00a7.; S27&#8242;.  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