{"id":258442,"date":"2008-12-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/umesh-n-reddy-vs-the-state-by-secretary-ors-on-18-december-2008"},"modified":"2015-04-04T02:46:14","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T21:16:14","slug":"umesh-n-reddy-vs-the-state-by-secretary-ors-on-18-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/umesh-n-reddy-vs-the-state-by-secretary-ors-on-18-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"Umesh N Reddy vs The State, By Secretary, Ors, on 18 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Umesh N Reddy vs The State, By Secretary, Ors, on 18 December, 2008<\/div>\n
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