Supreme Court of India
New India Assurance Company Limited v. Rajeshwar Sharma and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
For the above reasons, we are of the view that both the State Commission and the High Court were in error in allowing the claim under the policy of insurance.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Consumer Protection – Insurance Policy – Exclusion c lause exempting the insurer from liability – When attracted – Municipal Corporation demolished the front portion of the building owned by the insured – Claim of the insured that it was carrying on the business of sanitaryware in the premises and as a result of the dem olition, it suffered damage of Rs.19.55 lacs – Insurer contested th e claim on a policy of insurance obtained by the insured which contained exclusion exempting the insurer from liability for loss arising from the destruction of property caused “by order of the gove rnment or
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Where later benches applied it
- 2022 M/s Shivram Chandra Jagarnath Cold Storage & Anr. v. New India Assurance Company Limited & Ors.
- 2024 United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. M/s Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. & Ors.
- 2022 United India Insurance Co. Ltd v. Levis Strauss (india) Pvt. Ltd
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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