Supreme Court of India

Manjeet Singh v. National Insurance Company Ltd. & Anr.

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Reported as [2017] 12 S.C.R. 90
Bench Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta JJ.
Decided 8 December 2017

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, we allow the appeal, set aside the orders of the courts below and direct the respondent no.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 - lnsurance Policy - Breach of - On facts, theft of vehicle by passengers who were given lift by the driver - Owner not at fault - Insurance claim - Compensation - Held: Violation of the condition should be such a fundamental breach so ihat the claimant cannot claim any amoullt whatsoever - Carrying such passengers may he a hr<!acl1 of the policy, but it cannot be said to be such a fundamental breach as to bring the insurance policy to an end and to terminate the insurance policy - Act of the driver, giving lift to some persons standing on the road on a cold

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Of those, 1 relied on

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