Supreme Court of India

Vishnu Bhagwan Agrawal & Anr. v. National Insurance Co. Ltd.

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Reported as [2017] 10 S.C.R. 278
Bench R. F. Nariman and Sanjay Kishan Kaul JJ.
Decided 26 October 2017

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Arbitration - Appellant kept jute stock, which was insured - Appellant subsequently purchased more stock of jute and asked for increase in the value of the insurance policy - This, according to insurance company was not accepted - Raw jute involved in a fire incident - Dispute whether the insured stock should be valued as on the date of the fire or on the date of purchase - Appellant produced evidence in the form of purchase receipts of the value of stock of jute which amounted to Rs. 7031- per quintal - However, this was not accepted in the survey done at the behest of the insurance company,

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