{"id":7638,"date":"2010-12-07T16:51:21","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T11:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=7638"},"modified":"2010-12-07T16:51:21","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T11:21:21","slug":"notice-to-government-cvc-thomas-on-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/notice-to-government-cvc-thomas-on-appointment","title":{"rendered":"Notice to government, CVC Thomas on appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government and P.J. 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