Supreme Court of India
Gurshinder Singh v. Shriram General Insurance Co. Ltd. & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that much would depend upon the words ‘co-operate’ and ‘immediate’, in condition No. 1 of the Standard Form for Commercial Vehicles Package Policy.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
Consumer Protection – Insurance – Standard Form Contract – Commercial Vehicles Package Policy – Appellant’s tractor was insured with respondent(s) on 19.06.10 – Tractor stolen on 28.10.10 – FIR lodged on the same day – Claim submitted to the respondent( s) on 15.12.10 – Rejected on the ground that intimatio n was given belatedly – District Forum & State Commission allow ed the appellant’s complaint– National Commission dismissed it – Co nflict between two Judges’ Bench decisions of Supreme Cour t in Om Prakash v. Reliance General Insurance & Anr. [2017] 11 SC R 893 & Oriental Insurance Co.
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Where later benches applied it
- 2023 Ashok Kumar v. New India Assurance Co. Ltd.
- 2022 Jaina Construction Company v. The Oriental Insurance Company Limited & Anr.
- 2020 Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. v. National Bulk Handling Corporation Pvt. Ltd.
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 mentioned
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