Supreme Court of India

Oriental Insurance Company Limited v. Mahendra Construction

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Reported as [2019] 6 S.C.R. 673
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 1 April 2019

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Insurance – Insured – Duty of Disclosure – Responde nt- Complainant purchased hydraulic excavator machine in 2004-05– Excavator was insured with New India Assurance Company Limited (earlier insurer) from 15 Nov. 2004 to 14 Nov. 2005 – Claim lodged on 12 April 2005 on the ground that the excavator had been set on fire by Naxalites – Claim settled – On 10 Oct. 2006, the excavator was insured with the appellant-insurer from 11 Oct. 2006 to 10 Oct. 2007 – Excavator allegedly caught fire on 15 Oct. 2006 – Insura nce claim repudiated on the ground that u/para.25(g) of the printed proposal form, the

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