Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 607 · Decided 1 May 2019
M/S News India Assurance CO. LTD. v. M/S Luxra Enterprises PVT. LTD. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 607 · [2019] 6 S.C.R. 1172
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9668/2014
- Decided
- 1 May 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HEMANT GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986: Compensation for loss suffered on account of damage by fire - Right of insurance company to appoint surveyor - The complainant obtained a policy of insurance for the risk of fire with the assured sum The factory of complainant was engulfed in fire and he filed claim for loss - Insurance company appointed a surveyor who accepted the damage to the tune of Rs.54 lacs - Insurance company appointed second surveyor who reduced the amount to Rs.24 lacs - However, the insurance
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