Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 704 · Decided 29 October 2021
Insurance Corporation of India and Another v. Sunita
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 704 · [2021] 10 S.C.R. 180
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6537/2021
- Decided
- 29 October 2021
- Bench
- SANJIV KHANNA, BELA M. TRIVEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act
Headnote
Insurance: Insurance policy - Construction of - Held: Terms of insurance policy have to be strictly construed - It is not permissible to rewrite the contract while interpreting the terms of the Policy - In a contract of insurance there was a faith on the part of the assured - On facts, condition of the Policy clearly stipulated that the policy has to be in force when the accident takes place - Policy was lying in a lapsed condition and was not in force on the date of accident - It was sought to be revived after
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