Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 445 · Decided 29 June 2016
United India Insurance CO. LTD. v. Leisure Wear Exports LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 445 · [2016] 4 S.C.R. 799
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1004/2006
- Decided
- 29 June 2016
- Bench
- ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, ASHOK BHUSHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act
Headnote
Marine Insurance Act, 1963 - ss. 17 and 52 - Issuance of Open Marine Policy (Cargo) - To the consignor - Loss occurred to the consignee during subsistence of the policy - Consignee authorised the consignor to file claim for the loss - Complaints filed by the consignor-insured before State Consumer for the loss, in terms of the Po/icy - Insurer challenged maintainability of the complaint on the ground that the insured lost its locus to file the complaint having assigned the policy in favour of the consignee - State Commission as well as the National Consumer Commission in appeal, held that
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