Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 1106 · Decided 18 October 2022

JSK Industries PVT. LTD v. Oriental Insurance Company Limited

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
2022 INSC 1106 · [2022] 15 S.C.R. 581
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 7630/2022
Decided
18 October 2022
Bench
DINESH MAHESHWARI, ANIRUDDHA BOSE (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Appeal(s) allowed
Case type
Civil

Headnote

Insurance: Insurance Claim - Repudiation of - Appellants took insurance coverage - However, insurance company repudiated their claim on the ground that there was no sufficient balance to cover the declaration and/or loss - State Commission as also National Commission company took a defense which did not form the basis of repudiation of the claim - National Commission ought not to have gone beyond the grounds of repudiation and into the nature of coverage, which according to the National Commission had effectively changed from "anywhere in India

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