Supreme Court Settles Insurance Contract Acceptance in Home Loan Case Date of the Judgment: 16 February 2018 Citation: (2018) INSC 121 Judges: N.V. Ramana, J. and S. Abdul Nazeer, J. Can an insurance company deny a claim after accepting the premium for a life insurance policy linked to a home loan, even if a medical […]
Supreme Court Clarifies “Consumer” Definition for Self-Employment: Paramount Digital Color Lab vs. Agfa India (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a person who buys goods for self-employment is a “consumer” under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. CASE TYPE: Consumer Law Case Name: M/s. Paramount Digital Color Lab & Ors. Etc. vs. M/s. Agfa India Pvt. Ltd. &
Supreme Court Clarifies Under-Insurance in Burglary Claim: I.C. Sharma vs. Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Interpretation of under-insurance clauses in householder insurance policies. CASE TYPE: Consumer Law Case Name: I.C. Sharma vs. The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. Judgment Date: 10 January 2018 Date of the Judgment: 10 January 2018 Citation: (2018) INSC 14
LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an insurance company can deny a claim for vehicle theft based on a minor breach of policy conditions, such as giving a lift to passengers. CASE TYPE: Consumer Law/Insurance Law Case Name: Manjeet Singh vs. National Insurance Company Ltd. & Anr. Judgment Date: 8 December 2017 Date of the Judgment: 8 December
LEGAL ISSUE: Deficiency in service by a builder for selling a property already booked to another customer. CASE TYPE: Consumer Law Case Name: Kusum Agarwal & Anr. vs. M/s Harsha Associates Pvt. Ltd. Judgment Date: 12 October 2017 Can a builder sell a property to someone else after it has already been booked by a
Date of the Judgment: 30 August 2017 Citation: (2017) INSC 739 Judges: Adarsh Kumar Goel, J. and Uday Umesh Lalit, J. Can a hospital be held liable for medical negligence if it performs surgery without adequate post-operative care facilities? The Supreme Court of India addressed this critical question in a case concerning the death of
Date of the Judgment: July 31, 2008 Judges: Justice B.N. Agrawal, Justice Harjit Singh Bedi, Justice G.S. Singhvi When intricate questions of fact arise in consumer disputes, should the matter be resolved through detailed evidence and evaluation? The Supreme Court of India addressed this issue in a case involving Siddharth Construction and D.T. Vora, focusing
