Supreme Court of India

M/s. Sonell Clocks and Gifts Ltd. v. The New India Assurance Co. Ltd.

Neutral citation
Bench Dipak Misra, A. M. Khanwilkar and Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud JJ.
Decided 21 August 2018

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

1 Supreme Court bench has cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, the argument 49 that the Commission has not analysed the said issue, as has been done by us, will make no difference to the conclusion recorded by it.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – Insurance policy – Breach of – Claim for compensation – On facts, appellant took insurance policy in respect of its building, plant and machinery – Damage to appellant’s machinery and raw materials lying in the factory on account of floods – Delay in intimation of loss to the insurer – Thereafter, appointment of surveyor by insurer to assess the loss caused due to flood in the premises – Surveyor’s report – On basis thereof, rejection of appellant’s claim by insurer, on the ground that neither the intimation of loss had been given to it nor the requisite…

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.