Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 138 · Decided 14 March 2000
United India Insurance CO. LTD. v. Rajendra Singh and ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 138 · [2000] 2 S.C.R. 264
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2087/2000
- Decided
- 14 March 2000
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, D.P. MOHAPATRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 151, 152an; Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950 : Article 226. Writ Jurisdiction-Power of High Court to recall order or decree ob­ tained by fraud. Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Sections 151, 152and153. Fraud-Power of court to recall orders obtained by fraud. Insurance Company-Insured-Awards obtained by for recalling awards-Dismissal by High Court-Appeal before Supreme Court­ Held Insurance Company was justified in approaching the Tribunal-High Court ought not to have refused to consider grievance of Insurance Com­ pany-The remedy to move for recalling the order on the basis of
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