Supreme Court of India

Surendra Kumar Bhilawe v. The New India Assurance Company Limited

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Reported as [2020] 7 S.C.R. 39
Bench R. Banumathi and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 18 June 2020

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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988: ss. 2(30) and 157 – Damage to the insured vehicle in road accident – FIR lodged regarding the accident – Spot survey by Surveyor and Loss Assessor appointed by insurer – Insurance claim – Repudiated by insurer on the ground that the insured vehicle w as already sold to someone else and that there was delay in fili ng police complaint and reporting the accident to the insurer – Case of the claimant was that though Sale agreement was entered into but the vehicle was not transferred to the transferee as the fi nancier Bank had not issued ‘No Objection’ to the claimant

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