Supreme Court of India
Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. v. Surendra Nath Loomba and Others
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid legal position the question that emerges for consideration is whether in the case at hand the policy is an "Act Policy" or "Comprehensive/Package C Policy".
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT, 1988: s. 166 - Motor accident - Claimant traveling in offending vehicle lost both of his eyes - Compensation - Liability of insurer - Held: Whether the insurer would be liable or not would depend upon the nature of the policy when it is brought on record in a manner as required by law - When Certificate of Insurance is filed but the policy is not brought on record it only conveys that the vehicle is insured and nature of policy (whether it is "Act Policy" or "Comprehensive/Package Policy'~ cannot be discerned from the same - In the case at hand, the policy has not been
Authorities it was built on
- 2007 National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Laxmi Narain Dhut
- 2007 Oriental Insurance Company Limited v. Meena Variyal and Ors.
- 2002 New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Asha Rani and Ors.
- 1998 Amrit Lal Sood and Anr. v. Smt. Kaushalaya Devi Thapar and Ors.
- 2007 Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Jhuma Saha and Ors.
- 2009 Bhagyalakshmi and Others v. United Insurance Co. Ltd. and Another Etc.
- 2008 Assurance Company Ltd. v. Sadanand Mukhi and Others
- 2006 United India Insurance Co. Ltd., Shimla v. Tilak Singh and Ors.
- 2008 Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Sudhakaran K.V. & Ors.
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