Supreme Court of India

Export Credit Guarantee Corpn. of India Ltd. & Anr. v. M.S. Creations & Anr.

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Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 13 March 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the loss must, in the present case, lie where it falls.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Insurance– Shipments Policy– First Respondent obtained Shipments (Comprehensive Risk) Policy from the appellant-ECGC – First respondent obtained purchase order for handloom goods, worth about Rs 64 lakhs, from one Society Ivoirienne De Commerce ET DE Representation (SICOREP) situated in the Ivory Coast – First respondent made shipments to SICOREP – SICOREP sought change in the name of its bank under the contract from Credit Lyonnais to Banqyue De ‘L’ Habitat De Cote ’Ivoire (BHCI)– BHCI allegedly released the documents without receiving any acceptance from SICOREP – First respondent was…

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