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2025 DAILYLAW 92516 (KAR)
SRI UDAYAKUMAR SHETTY v. KALYANA KARNATAKA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION
WA/200268/2025 · 2025-12-09
H T Narendra Prasad, Tyagaraja N Inavally
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