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Reliance Life Insurance Co Ltd & Anr. v. Rekhaben Nareshbhai Rathod

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Reported as [2019] 6 S.C.R. 733
Bench Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 24 April 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the ends of justice would require a direction by this Court under Article 142 of the Constitution that the amount which has been withdrawn by the respondent shall not be recovered.

Judgment, page 29

From the headnote

Consumer Protection Act, 1986: Deficiency of servic e – Insurance policy – Repudiation of claim – Spouse of the resp ondent took a policy from insurance company – Two months l ater he submitted proposal for life insurance policy of the appellant- insurance company and in the proposal form, on the qu ery as to whether the proposer was currently insured or had applied for life insurance cover, his answer was in negative – Appell ant issued a policy to him – After about a year he died – Appellan t repudiated the claim of respondent on the ground of suppression of material fact relating to

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