Discover the effectiveness of Insurance Ombudsman as an alternate Grievance Redressal platform for insurance claims.
It is common knowledge that the Insurance Companies in matter of Theft, Fire, Accident, Health Insurance Claims etc. shirk from their pecuniary liabilities on frivolous, hyper technical grounds but the Courts have univocally held that the claims cannot be rejected on technical grounds specially where there is delay in intimating Insurance Company or lodging delayed […]
The Government legislated the Negotiable Instrument Act in 1991 making cheque bounce a criminal offence. But the delay in disposal of cases frustrated the very spirit of the NI Act.
Gurmel Singh Vs Branch Manager National Insurance Co. Ltd. (Supreme Court of India) It is common knowledge that the Insurance Companies deny the genuine & lawful claims of the Insured on technical & flimsy grounds. Be it vehicle loss/accidental claims or health insurance claims or theft/fire claims, the insurance companies design ways/devices/ruse to fizzle out from their […]
The brief facts of the case are that during a road rage, Gurnam Singh died in a scuffle and Sidhu & his friend faced charges of culpable homicide. The trial court post trial acquitted both the accused in1999 as it was of the view that the death was not caused by subdural haemorrhage and the deceased suffered sudden cardiac arrest under stress because of which he fell and received two abrasions leading to subdural haemorrhage.
Dilip Hariramani Vs Bank of Baroda (Supreme Court of India) It is common knowledge that complaint under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 for dishonour of cheques are usually made against the directors of the company or the partners of the partnership firm and the company or the partnership firm are not arraigned […]
Asian Resurfacing of Road Agency P. Ltd. Vs Central Bureau of Investigation (Supreme Court of India) The Apex Court in the historic case of Asian Resurfacing of Road Agency Private Limited and Another v. Central Bureau of Investigation (2018) 16 SCC 299 had ruled that in all civil & criminal cases stay granted by a […]
D. S. Radhika vs. The State of Tamilnadu & others (Madras High Court) It is common knowledge that people of all ages, groups, background, regions, states, cities & villages in our country are obsessed with mobiles. This obsession has increased with free calls, free messages, free whatsApp, free twitter, free Facebook, free unlimited mobile data […]
It is an anomaly that Individuals & HUFs are being subjected to Income Tax at the highest rates. Majority of the Corporate Sector is paying Income Tax of 25.17% including cess & surcharges. The LLPs & Partnership entities pay 31.2% Income Tax including cess. But, with the introduction of Super Rich Tax in Budget 2019, […]
The Developed countries provide for Social Security for it’s Citizens. The citizens who spend their whole life in the service of the country & the society after long hard work do need Social Security. In our country, those in Government & Semi Government jobs get social security through various Government schemes while in service and […]
