M/S Texco Marketing Pvt. Ltd. vs Tata Aig Generla Insurance Company Ltd on 9 November, 2022
21. With regard to repudiation of the genuine claim of the
insured, the District Commission had explicitly dealt in its findings by
relying upon the judgment of Hon'ble Supreme Court in case "M/s
Texco Marketing Pvt. Ltd. Vs. TATA AIG General Insurance
Company ltd. & Ors.", Civil Appeal No.8249 of 2022, decided on
09.11.2022, wherein it has been held in para No.39 "Non-compliance
of Clauses (3) and (4) of the IRDA Regulation, 2002 preceded by
unilateral inclusion, and thereafter followed by the execution of
the contract, receiving benefits, and repudiation after knowing
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that it was entered into for a basement, would certainly be an act
of unfair trade practice. This view is fortified by the finding that
the exclusion clause is an unfair term, going against the very
object of the contract, making it otherwise un-executable from its
inception."