Supreme Court of India
M/s Acme Cleantech Solutions Private Limited v. M/s United India Insurance Company Limited & Anr
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the appellant could not have been directed to amend the complaint to challenge the repudiation of the contract of insurance.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Pleadings: Amendment of plaint/complaint – Whether the pleading in the nature of a plaint in a civil suit or a comp laint before the consumer forum should be amended is a matter for the plaintif f or, as the case may be, the complainant to determine – The party which moves the forum is dominus litis and is entitled to decide whether or not to amend the pleading or to pursue the com plaint, as it stands – Consumer Protection Act 1986. Consumer Protection Act 1986: s.13(1) – Insured-app ellant filed complaint against insurer-respondent alleging that the insurer failed to settle the insurance
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