Supreme Court of India
National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Keshav Bahadur and Ors.
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Motor Vehicles Act, 1939: Section 95-Third party risk-liability of insurer to pay compensation Extent of-Held: liability of insurer is limited-However, in view of specific clause in the insurance policy making insurer's liability higher than the statutory liability and proof of payment of additional higher premium, liability of the insurer can be higher than the statuto1y liability-On facts, insurance policy indicating limit of liability in respect of one claim or series of claims as Rs.50,000-lnsured not paying any additional premium for any enhanced liability-Hence, liability limited to
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Where later benches applied it
- 2008 Dharampal & Ors. v. U.P. State Road Transport Corpn.
- 2006 Reliance Airport Developers Pvt. Ltd. v. Airports Authority of India and Ors.
Of those, 2 mentioned
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