Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 745 · Decided 25 July 2022
Sharda Associates v. United India Insurance Company LTD
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 745 · [2022] 7 S.C.R. 548
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4910/2022
- Decided
- 25 July 2022
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.S. BOPANNA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act Section 21(b)
Headnote
Consumer Protection - Insurance claim - Deficiency in service - Insurance Policy - Interpretation of - Appellant insured JCB Excavator with respondent for Insured Declared Value of Rs 13.50 lakhs - While the excavator was being used for road road gave way due to which the excavator fell into a deep ditch resulting in death of two people and total loss of the excavator - Appellant filed for insurance claim - Respondent repudiated the claim on ground that overturning of the excavator was not covered in terms of the policy
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