Supreme Court of India

Shree Ambica Medical Stores & Ors. v. The Surat People’s Co-operative Bank Limited & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 3 S.C.R. 359
Bench Dr. Dhananjayay Y Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi JJ.
Decided 28 January 2020

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we are of the view that there i s no merit in the present appeal.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Insurance Act, 1938 – s.64(VB) – Appellants hypothe cated goods with first respondent-bank under an agreement for cash cr edit facility – Appellants were obligated to insure the goods hypot hecated to the Bank – Bank, as a routine practice, obtained policies for all its borrowers and upon receipt of intimation, would remit the premium payable on behalf of the borrowers – Bank obtained first insurance policy for 1998-99 in sum of Rs.60 lakhs, from insu rer-third respondent, which covered specific location (“12/11 23-1124, Basement, Meghdoot Apartment, Surat”) of the borrow er where goods were

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