Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 844 · Decided 31 July 2019
M/S. Balwant Singh & Sons v. National Insurance Company LTD & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 844 · [2019] 11 S.C.R. 693
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5998/2019
- Decided
- 31 July 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, INDIRA BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 50, 157
Headnote
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: ss. 50, 157 - Transfer of certificate of insurance - On facts, appellant purchased vehicle in auction - Insurance premium collected by insurer from the appellant-insured - However, insurance policy continued to reflect the name of respondent as still not transferred - Thereafter, loss of vehicle occasioned by theft - Insurance claim by insured - Claim rejected by insurer - Consumer complaint - Consumer Forum held that insurer not liable on the claim preferred for loss of vehicle - On appeal, held:
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