Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 344 · Decided 19 August 1999
Oriental Insurance CO. LTD. v. Sony Cheriayan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 344 · [1999] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 622
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4913/1997
- Decided
- 19 August 1999
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Motor Vehicles Act Section 2(13), 2(14), 2(31), 66(1)
Headnote
INSURANCE CO. LTD. v. SONY CHERIA YAN AUGUST 19, 1999 B [S. SAGHIR AHMAD AND R.P. SETHI;JJ.] Motor Vehicles Act, 1988-Sections 2(13), 2(14), 2(31), 66(1) third proviso, 77, 78 and 79(2)-Truck, insured only for carriage of goods within the .meaning of the Act and eligible under the permit Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, Rules 9/(c), 129, 137, and Tables/, If, and lll. Insurance-Liability of insurer-Interpretation of insurance policy­ D Held, should be strictly construed to determine the extent of insurer's liability. Words and Phrases-'Ethyl ether' and
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