Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 177 · Decided 11 February 2022
Jaina Construction Company v. The Oriental Insurance Company Limited & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 177 · [2022] 2 S.C.R. 175
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1069/2022
- Decided
- 11 February 2022
- Bench
- SANJIV KHANNA, BELA M. TRIVEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 395
Headnote
Consumer Protection - Insurance claim - Theft of vehicle - Delay in informing the insurance company- Claim repudiated- Appellant filed complaint before District forum, allowed - Appeal, dismissed by State Commission - Appellant had also of compensation which was partly allowed as the rate of interest awarded was increased from 6% to 9% - Revision Petition filed by Insurance Company, allowed by NCDRC - On appeal, held: FIR was lodged immediately by the appellant on the next day of the occurrence of theft of the
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