Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 52 · Decided 17 January 2020
Sangrur Sales Corporation v. United India Insurance Company Limited & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 52 · [2020] 5 S.C.R. 44
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 378/2020
- Decided
- 17 January 2020
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HRISHIKESH ROY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Consumer Protection - Appellant obtained Insurance Policy from the first respondent to cover his shop - Shop was insured in the value of Rs.18 lakhs - Showroom in which the appellant carried on the business of sanitaryware collapsed as excavation work being carried on in an adjacent plot - Claim repudiated by the insurer - District Forum allowed the claim in the amount of Rs.18 lakhs with interest @ 9% p.a. from the date of the institution of the complaint - Upheld by State Consumer Disputes Redressal
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