Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 447 · Decided 1 April 2009
Vikram Greentech (I) LTD. & ANR. v. New India Assurance CO. LTD.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 447 · [2009] 5 S.C.R. 437
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2080/2002
- Decided
- 1 April 2009
- Bench
- D.K. JAIN, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
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