Supreme Court of India

M/s News India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. M/s Luxra Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.

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Reported as [2019] 6 S.C.R. 1172
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 1 May 2019

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Consumer Protection Act, 1986: Compensation for lo ss suffered on account of damage by fire – Right of insuranc e company to appoint surveyor – The complainant obtained a po licy of insurance for the risk of fire with the assured sum of Rs.85 lacs – The factory of complainant was engulfed in fire and he fil ed claim for loss – Insurance company appointed a surveyor who acc epted the damage to the tune of Rs.54 lacs – Insurance company ap pointed second surveyor who reduced the amount to Rs.24 lacs – However, the insurance company appointed third surveyor on t he basis of report published in

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