Supreme Court of India
United India Insurance Company Ltd. v. Kantika Colour Lab & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In the result Civil Appeal No.6337 of 2001 succeeds i.n part and to the extent that the appellant-company and the carrier M/s Super Road Lines shall be liable jointly and 8 severally to pay the rupee equivalent of Singapore$ 62100 at the exchange rate prevalent on the date of this order besides a sum of Rs.12, 7 4,0001- towards customs duty paid by the insured on the import of the damaged machine.
Judgment, page 14
From the headnote
Insurance - Contract of insurance - For transit of imported goods (two machines) - Surveyors' Reports prove that on the transit one machine got extensively damaged while the other was in working condition - Authorized representative of the manufacturer-company stating that the damaged machine could not be repaired in India - Insured claiming damage of the amount i.e. the actual cost of the o machines - National Commission held that the Insurance company and the carrier were jointly and severally liable - On appeal, held: Contracts of insurance are generally in the nature of contracts of
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