Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 565 · Decided 28 September 2021
Khatema Fibres LTD. v. New India Assurance Company LTD. & Anr
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 565 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 268
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9050/2018
- Decided
- 28 September 2021
- Bench
- HEMANT GUPTA, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act Section 23, 2(1)(g)
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 - ss. 23 and 2(1)(g) - Surveyor's Report - Assessment of loss - Correctness of - Accidental fire in the factory of complainant - Waste paper destroyed by fire - Claim raised by complainant estimating the value of However, the surveyor appointed by the Insurance Company assessed the loss suffered by the complainant on account of the fire accident at a lesser amount - Consumer complaint - National Commission awarded compensation payable to them only to the extent of the assessment made by the
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