Supreme Court of India

Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. v. M/s Ozma Shipping Company & Another

Neutral citation
Reported as [2009] 13 S.C.R. 573
Bench Dalveer Bhandari and Harjit Singh Bedi JJ.
Decided 25 August 2009

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

What the Court ordered

Before parting with this case we would like to observe that the insurance companies in genuine and bona fide claims of the insured should not adopt the attitude of avoiding B payments on one pretext or the other.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Marine Insurance Act, 1963: ss.29, 69 - Entire vessel with cargo insured for a sum, after due valuation by surveyor 8 of insurance company - Premium demanded paid by insured - Vessel sank with the cargo - Liability of insurance company - Held: Insurance company has to pay entire insured sum - Attitude of insurance company of avoiding bona fide claim needs to be curbed - Insurance. Respondent no.1 was the owner of a sailing vessel. The surveyor appointed 6y appellant-Insurance Company inspected the vessel and certified that market value of vessel was Rs.21.50 lacs. The premium amount was

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.