Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 545 · Decided 17 May 2023
National Insurance Company LTD. v. Vedic Resorts and Hotels PVT. LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 545 · [2023] 7 S.C.R. 419
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4979/2019
- Decided
- 17 May 2023
- Bench
- AJAY RASTOGI, BELA M. TRIVEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 25, 27; Consumer Protection Act Section 23; Arms Act Section 25, 27
Headnote
Insurance - Repudiation of claim under exclusionary clause in a policy - Respondent-complainant running a resort obtained two insurance policies in respect of buildings of the Resort with plant and machine accessories and furniture etc. - As per respondent, a mob of about 200-250 and damaged the property - Surveyor assessed the loss to the tune of Rs.202.216 lakhs - Appellant-insurance company had repudiated the claim of the respondent on the ground that the loss caused to the respondent was an outcome of the malicious act/acts on the part of the respondent
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