Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 148 · Decided 7 February 2020
Bharti Axa General Insurance CO. LTD. v. Priya Paul & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 148 · [2020] 7 S.C.R. 583
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3346/2018
- Decided
- 7 February 2020
- Bench
- MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR, R. SUBHASH REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Insurance - Aircraft Act, 1934 - Aircraft Rules, 1937 - Claim filed by respondent no. 1 pertaining to an aviation accident leading to the death of her son - The appellant-insurer repudiated the claim on the basis that the deceased was travelling in a and hence was not travelling in a standard aircraft and was further not a fare-paying passenger in any regular scheduled airline or air charter company, which excluded the accident from the purview of the policy - The National Commission directed the insurer to pay an amount of Rs. 1
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