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2025 DAILYLAW 66854 (KAR)
SHANTABAI W/O BABURAO MADKANNA AND ANR v. BHAGIRATHI W/O PARMESHWAR KHARATE AND ORS
RFA/200084/2016 · 2025-11-06
H T Narendra Prasad, Tyagaraja N Inavally
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