Supreme Court of India
Manmohan Nanda v. United India Assurance Co. Ltd. & Anr
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the Commission was not right in dismissing the complaint filed by the appellant herein.
Judgment, page 42
From the headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – s.21 – Insurance – Repudiation of claim on ground of suppression or no n-disclosure of material facts – Appellant intended to travel to the USA – Appellant was issued a overseas mediclaim business and holiday policy – The appellant was medically examined at the instance of respondent No. 1 insurance company prior to the consider ation of his request for issuance of a mediclaim policy – The medical r eport categorically noted that the appellant had diabetes-type II (m ellitus- II) – No other adverse medical condition was found – In the med ical exam report,
Authorities it was built on
- 2009 Satwant Kaur Sandhu v. New India Assurance Company Ltd.
- 2013 Export Credit Guarantee Corpn. of India Ltd. v. M/s. Garg Sons International
- 2016 United India Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Mis Orient Treasures Pvt. Ltd.
- 2019 Reliance Life Insurance Co Ltd & Anr. v. Rekhaben Nareshbhai Rathod
- 2020 Sushilaben Indravadan Gandhi & Anr. v. The New India Assurance Company Limited & Ors.
- 2018 Meenakshi Saxena & Anr. v. Ecgc Ltd. (formerly Known as Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd.) and Anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Mahaveer Sharma v. Exide Life Insurance Company Limited & Anr.
- 2024 Mahakali Sujatha v. The Branch Manager, Future Generali India Life Insurance Company Limited & Another
Of those, 2 relied on
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