Supreme Court of India
M/s Suraj Mal Ram Niwas Oil Mills (p.) Ltd. v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that G the claim of the appellant must fail on the short ground that there 19. (1999) 6 sec 451. 20. (2009) 7 sec 777. 21. (2009) 9 sec.
Judgment, page 15
From the headnote
Insurance - Contract of insurance - In terms of the contract, insured required to disclose each and every dispatch of consignment - Insured not disclosing dispatch of some of the consignments - Dispatch of the consignment in question disclosed - Damage to the consignment during irs transit - Insurance claim - Repudiated by insurance company on the ground that the insured had violated terms and conditions of the contract by not disclosing all the dispatches - Entitlement of the insured to insurance claim - Held: Insurance claim must fail on the ground of the breach of contract - As per the
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Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Export Credit Guarantee Corpn. of India Ltd. v. M/s. Garg Sons International
- 2020 Canara Bank v. M/s United India Insurance Co. Ltd. & Ors.
- 2016 United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Mis Orient Treasures Pvt. Ltd.
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