Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 772 · Decided 8 May 2009
National Insurance Company Limited v. J. Maheshwaramma
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 772 · [2009] 8 S.C.R. 524
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3408/2009
- Decided
- 8 May 2009
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 - Insurance policy - C Fatal accident - Compensation, claim of - Plea that licence of deceased was fabricated; and policy holder had driving licence to drive tractor trailer and not motor cycle with gear - Award of compensation by forums below holding that deceased accident took place and o insured died during validity of the said policy, thus, driving licence was fabricated, is of no effect - More so, insurance company did not discharge the burden to prove that licence was fabricated - National Commission also holding that deceased had licence to drive
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