Supreme Court of India

New India Assurance Company Ltd. v. M/s. Zuari Industries Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [2009] 13 S.C.R. 1101
Decided 1 September 2009

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Insurance - Fire insurance policy - Damages - Claim for - Short circuit in electric switch board in the factory c resulting in flashover producing over currents - Stoppage of electric supply - Damage to boiler and other equipments - Repudiation of claim by·insurance company on the ground ., that damage to boiler not caused by fire - Award of damages .,,(_ by National Commission - Con-ectness of - Held: Con-ect -:- °'I Flashoverlfire was the proximate cause of damage - Claim is maintainable even if the fire was for fraction of a second - Policy cannot be repudiated on the ground that there was

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