Shyam Industries vs National Insurance Co. Ltd. on 10 March, 2022
In New India Assurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Smt.Satvinder Kaur & anr.(supra) Hon'ble
NCDRC held that for insurance claim cause of action subsists till the repudiation of
claim exists therefore, contention of limitation has no force which is not disputed but
here in the present case insurer has repudiated the claim vide letter dated 1.4.2014
therefore, the period given by the learned DCC starts for filing second complaint from
1.4.2014 while the complaint was filed on 13.10.2014 i.e. after more than five months
therefore, this judgment help the appellant in this matter.
Since it is settled law that once limitation starts it does not stop. In the present case the
limitation started on 16.4.2010. Thereafter only one month's time was given by the
learned DCC but the second complaint was filed after more than five
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months that too without any application for condonation of delay. Considering all
these facts learned DCC dismissed the complaint which does not require any
intereference.