Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 453 · Decided 6 April 2025
Sohom Shipping PVT. LTD. v. M/S the New India Assurance CO. LTD. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 453 · [2025] 5 S.C.R. 33
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2323/2021
- Decided
- 6 April 2025
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act Section 67
Headnote
The present dispute hinges on the phrase "voyage should commence & complete before monsoon sets in", a special condition contained in the contract for insurance between the parties, and raises questions regarding its validity, interpretation the special condition in the policy schedule for voyage insurance stands breached justifying the de facto repudiation of the appellant's claim by the respondent. Consumer Protection Act, 2019 - s.67 - Insurance Contract - The appellant company insured
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