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                          Question                         Response

             14 Medical History

             II) In the past five years, have you ever       No
             undergone any surgical operation at a
             hospital or clinic or undergone any
             investigations with other than normal or
             negative results.

             III) i. Are you on diet or any other            No
             medicine of any kind as prescribed by a
             doctor?
                 ii. Are you currently undergoing or
             intend to undergo any treatment?                No
                  iii. Have you been advised for any         No
             surgical operation, procedure or hospital
             admission? (including X-rays, ECG, blood
             tests, biopsies, etc.)

             IV) Have you ever sought advice or
             suffered from any of the following?
             (a) Chest pain, low or high blood
                                                             No
             pressure, high cholesterol, heart attack,
             heart murmur or other heart disorders? If
             Yes, submit appropriate questionnaire.          No
             (c)   Diabetes / elevated blood sugar or
             sugar in the urine? If Yes, submit diabetes
             questionnaire.
             (h)    Dizziness/fainting spells, epilepsy,     No
             paralysis,   stroke,    mental/emotional
             disorder or any other neurological
             disorder? If Yes, submit appropriate
             questionnaire.
             (i) kidney, urinary, bladder, reproductive




 sat                                                                  901. wp 7804-2021


          organ or prostate disorders?                    No


                                                                 (emphasis supplied)

25. Having held the writ petition to be maintainable, now the Petitioner's case on merits needs to be examined. It appears to be clear that the 'proposal form' as described by the insured specifically provided for columns in which the deceased insured was required to furnish all the necessary details in regard to his past medical history. Column 14, titled as sat 901. wp 7804-2021 'Medical History', as noted above, specifically required the insurer to provide information as to whether in the past five years nearing the said proposal/application, he had undergone any surgical operation at a hospital or clinic or had undergone any investigation with other than normal or negative results. He was also required to specify whether he was on diet or on any other medicine of any kind as prescribed by a doctor; as to whether he was undergoing or intending to undergo any treatment; as to whether he was advised for any surgical operation, procedure or hospital admission (including x-rays, ECG. Blood tests, biopsies, etc.) Further he was also required to furnish information as to whether he had suffered any chest pain with low or high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart attack, heart murmur or other heart disorders and submit an appropriate questionnaire. He was also required to submit information on dizziness/fainting spells, epilepsy, paralysis, stroke, mental/emotional disorder or any other neurological disorder. All this information as required to be furnished by the insured was answered/supplied in the negative by the insured.