Supreme Court of India

P.C. Chacko and Anr. v. Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation of India and Ors.

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Decided 20 November 2007

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that no case has been made out for our interference D with the impugned judgment.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Insurance Act, 1938: c s. 45-Life Insurance policy-Non-disclosure and mis-statement in proposal form-Repudiation of policy within two years-Legality of-HELD: deliberate wrong answer which has a great bearing on contract of insurance, if discovered, may lead to the policy being vitiated in law-On facts, it has not been shown that repudiation of ... contract of insurance was not done by insurer with extreme care and caution or was otherwise invalid in law. - One ' ' took an insurance policy on 21.2.1987.…

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