Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 567 · Decided 24 April 2019
SMT. Alka Shukla v. Life Insurance Corporation of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 567 · [2019] 6 S.C.R. 762
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3413/2019
- Decided
- 24 April 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, HEMANT GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Insurance: Insurance policies - Stipulating accident benefit - Death of assured - Insurer settled the claim in respect of basic cover, while repudiated the claim under accident benefit on the ground that the death had occurred due to heart attack and - Consumer complaint - Allowed by District Forum - State Consumer Commission affirmed the order of District Forum - National Consumer Commission set aside the award of compensation in terms of accident benefit because the death was not due to a bodily injury
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