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Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, S.166 and S.147–Accident–Insurance– Once there is breach of condition of policy, the liability cannot be fastened on the insurer.

Jul 30, 2018 sclaw

2017(4) Law Herald (SC) 2966 : 2017 LawHerald.Org 1824 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before Hon’ble Mr. Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel Hon’ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit…

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Insurance—Theft of Vehicle—Lift given to strangers, who later stole the truck—Insurance Company held liable to pay.

Jul 30, 2018 sclaw

(2018) AAC 237 : (2018) ACJ 8 : (2017) AIR(SCW) 5795 : (2017) AIR(SC) 5795 : (2018) AllSCR 150 : (2018) 1 AllWC 171 : (2018) 1 CPJ 1 :…

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Consumer—Commercial use—Purchase of machine for commercial activity to earn livelihood by mean of self employment—Purchaser would come within definition of consumer—Purchaser means and includes his family members also

Jul 18, 2018 sclaw

2018(2) Law Herald (SC) 312 (2018) 2 RCR(Civil) 69 : (2018) 3 Scale 124 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH PARAMOUNT DIGITAL COLOR LAB (M/S.) — Appellant Vs. AGFA INDIA PVT. LTD. (M/S.)…

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IMP:::Panchayati Raj—Disqualification—Family member of the original encroacher of panchayat land cannot be disqualified from being a member of Panchayat.

Jul 6, 2018 sclaw

(2017) AIR(SCW) 5420 : (2018) 1 AIRBomR 168 : (2017) AIR(SC) 5420 : (2017) 6 ALLMR 970 : (2017) 10 JT 569 : (2017) 4 LawHerald(SC) 2829 : (2018) 1 MhLJ 1 : (2018)…

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Insurance—Theft of Vehicle—Claim cannot be rejected merely on the ground of delay in intimating the insurance company.

Jun 13, 2018 sclaw

(2017) ACJ 2747 : (2017) AIR(SCW) 4836 : (2017) AIR(SC) 4836 : (2018) AllSCR 185 : (2018) 1 AndhLD 71 : (2017) 3 ApexCourtJudgments(SC) 758 : (2017) 6 BCR 450…

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Consumer Protection Act, 1986, S. 12—Insurance Policy—House Hold Policy—Burglary in house—Once the insurance company itself changed its policy from ‘as per list policies’ to ‘policies for consolidated amounts’, then an insured is not expected to give the item-wise details along with the valuation

May 25, 2018 sclaw

(2018) ACJ 542 : (2018) 182 AIC 10 : (2018) AIR(SCW) 416 : (2018) AIR(SC) 416 : (2018) AllSCR 341 : (2018) 1 AllWC 761 : (2018) 1 ALT 54…

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Theft of Vehicle- -Delay in intimating the insurance company—If the reason for delay in making a claim is satisfactorily explained, such a claim cannot be rejected on the ground of delay.

May 9, 2018 sclaw

(2017) ACJ 2747 : (2017) AIR(SCW) 4836 : (2017) AIR(SC) 4836 : (2018) AllSCR 185 : (2018) 1 AndhLD 71 : (2017) 3 ApexCourtJudgments(SC) 758 : (2017) 6 BCR 450…

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Consumer Protection Act, 1986, S.12–Dismissal in Default-Second complaint on same set of facts is maintainable when the first complaint was dismissed in default or non prosecution

Feb 2, 2018 sclaw

(2016) 166 AIC 65 : (2016) AIR(SCW) 2209 : (2016) 4 AIRBomR 267 : (2016) 3 AIRJharR 404 : (2016) AIR(SC) 2209 : (2016) 2 ALLMR 974 : (2016) 2…

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Railway Theft of Luggage- the theft of the articles of the complainant happened solely on account of the deficiency on the part of the Indian Railways in rendering services to him by not deputing a TTE to remain present in the coach throughout the journey—Award of compensation by for a below upheld.

Dec 26, 2017 sclaw

(2017) 1 ConLT 63 : (2017) 1 LawHerald(SC) 172 NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION GENERAL MANAGER (GENERAL) NORTHERN RAILWAY — Appellant Vs. LAKHANJI PURWAR — Respondent ( Before : Mr. Justice V.K. Jain,…

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Consumer Protection Act, 1986, S.12—Limitation to file complaint does not extend by subsequent notices given after belated delay.

Dec 25, 2017 sclaw

(2017) 1 LawHerald(SC) 169 NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION GODAVARI MARATHWADA IRRIGATION — Appellant Vs. ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER — Respondent ( Before : K.S. Chaudhari, Presiding Member. ) First Appeal No. 88 of…

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Indian Air Force — Short Service Commission Officers (SSCOs) — Reinstatement and consideration for Permanent Commission (PC) — Dismissal of appeal challenging AFT order — Delay in approaching legal forum.

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Short Service Commission Women Officers (SSCWOs) — Eligibility for Permanent Commission (PC) and pensionary benefits — Applicability of Air Force Human Resource Policy — Refusal of benefits due to not meeting minimum average Annual Confidential Report (ACR) grading of 6.5 — Court’s refusal to grant benefits where minimum criteria not met and no demonstrated mitigating circumstances exist compared to other successful applicants.

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Air Force Act, 1950 — Short Service Commission Women Officers (SSCWOs) — Permanent Commission (PC) — Denial of PC — Assessment of performance and eligibility — HRP 01/2019 — Minimum Performance Criteria — ACR gradings — Mandatory In-Service Courses (MISCs) — Categorisation — Arbitrariness — Hurried implementation — Inadequate opportunity to meet criteria — Pregnancy — Deemed qualifying service for pension — One-time measure.

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Army Act, 1950 — Short Service Commission Officers (SSCOs) — Permanent Commission (PC) — Annual Vacancy Cap — The Supreme Court examined the annual cap of 250 vacancies for PC, finding it not to be an immutable rule and that it had been breached historically for exigencies of service and policy changes, thus it should not act as an absolute bar to corrective relief, especially when the method of assessment was found to be unfair.

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