Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 389 · Decided 8 July 2010
The New India Assurance CO. LTD. v. M/S. Protection Manufacturers PVT. LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 389 · [2010] 8 S.C.R. 61
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 312/2006
- Decided
- 8 July 2010
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 45; Consumer Protection Act Section 45
Headnote
Insurance - Fire insurance - Surveyors appointed by Insurance Company finding the cause of fire to be accidental A B - Insurance Company appointing Investigator to find out C cause of fire - Investigator finding that fire could be an act of arson by vested interest - Insurance company Chief Justice of India regarding cause of fire - Chief Justice discarding the report of Investigator, opining that fire was accidental - Complaint - National Commission D allowing the claim - On appeal, held: Report of the Joint Surveyors were .correct - Report of the Investigator is liable to
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