Supreme Court of India

New India Assurance Company Ltd. v. Genus Power Infrastructure Ltd.

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Reported as [2014] 12 S.C.R. 360

Bench Anil R. Dave and Uday Umesh Lalit JJ.

Decided 4 December 2014

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Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - s. 11 - Appointment of arbitrator - Insurance claim - Discharge of insurance contract and settlement of insurance claim - Insured subrogated all its rights in favour of insurer - Petition uls. 11 by insured seeking appointment of arbitrator alleging that it had accepted the payment because of extreme financial difficulty, duress and coercion - High Court appointing sole arbitrator to adjudicate the dispute between the parties - Justification of- Held: Not justified - Discharge and signing of letter of subrogation was voluntary and free from any

Authorities it was built on

2008 National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. M/s. Boghara Polyfab Pvt. Ltd. cited by 53

Where later benches applied it

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2019 United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Antique Art Exports Pvt. Ltd. relied on
2024 Sbi General Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Krish Spinning referred to
2023 Ntpc Ltd. v. M/s Spml Infra Ltd referred to
2020 Vidya Drolia and Others v. Durga Trading Corporation referred to
2019 The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. & Anr. v. Dicitex Furnishing Ltd. referred to
2019 Union of India v. Parmar Construction Company referred to
2018 Ongc Mangalore Petrochemicals Ltd. v. M/s Ans Constructions Ltd. & Anr. referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 6 referred to

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