Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1311 · Decided 18 November 2008
Kamla Chaturvedi v. National Insurance CO. & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1311 · [2008] 16 S.C.R. 143
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6691/2008
- Decided
- 18 November 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Workmen's Compensation Act
Headnote
Insurance Act, 1938: Interest on award of compensation - Liability of insurer to pay - Effective date - Held: Parties are free to choose the terms. of the contract - A contract ofinsurance is governed by the provisions of the Insurance Act - In the instant case, in no exception to payment of interest was stipulated - Hence; insurer is liable to pay interest - In · terms of s.4~A of the Workmen's Compensation Act, the interest would be payable from the date of adjudication of the Claim - Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 - SAA. Words and Phrases: 'falls
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