{"id":38355,"date":"2010-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-srivatsa-vs-dr-n-munirathna-m-d-consultant-on-1-february-2010"},"modified":"2014-12-13T14:28:47","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T08:58:47","slug":"p-srivatsa-vs-dr-n-munirathna-m-d-consultant-on-1-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/p-srivatsa-vs-dr-n-munirathna-m-d-consultant-on-1-february-2010","title":{"rendered":"P Srivatsa vs Dr N Munirathna M.D., Consultant on 1 February, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">P Srivatsa vs Dr N Munirathna M.D., Consultant on 1 February, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: N.K.Patil And Gowda<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\nI'\")A\"l'I\u00a3i) Tl {IS THE 15\" OF FICBREEAI-'{Y,'2O 10\n\nI PRES E*L\u00a7\\I\"I':\n\nTHE HON'BLE MRJUSTICE N.K.PATIAL..__\"'   .\n\nAN D\n\nTHE I{ON'BLE MR..JI;s'rIcE B.s;\u00a7$E$zwAsE  \n\nM.F.A.No. 7317 OF 2'00\"v 131531: ' V V \u00abV \n\nI5-'.S:'iv\u00a3-ltsa. 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