{"id":262492,"date":"2010-02-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-shankar-on-26-february-2010"},"modified":"2018-01-13T10:55:29","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T05:25:29","slug":"new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-shankar-on-26-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-shankar-on-26-february-2010","title":{"rendered":"New India Assurance Co. Ltd., vs Shankar on 26 February, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">New India Assurance Co. 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