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The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. & Anr. v. Dicitex Furnishing Ltd.

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Reported as [2019] 14 S.C.R. 389
Bench Arun Mishra and S. Ravindra Bhat JJ.
Decided 13 November 2019

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What the Court ordered

We hold that upon execution of the letter of subrogation, there was full and final settlement of the claim.

Judgment, page 20

From the headnote

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 – s.11(6) – Application under, for appointment of arbitrator – Court’s jurisdiction to examine the arbitrability of the dispute in the context of no objection certificates/discharge vouchers given by the insured t o the insurer in discharge of the claim – Economic duress or coercion, if e xists – In 2011, the respondent-insured obtained Standard Fire and Sp ecial Peril Policy from the appellant to cover the stocks of goods lying in its three separate godowns– Total sum insured was @ ` 13 crores– On 25.05.12, fire broke out destroying the stock in the

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 referred to

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