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‘Unauthorised use of Electricity’ defined by Supreme Court

'Unauthorised use of Electricity' defined by Supreme Court 'Unauthorised use of Electricity' defined by Supreme Court (Question of jurisdiction of the court in electricity matters) Delegated legislation should not travel beyond the purview of the parent Act. If it does, it is ultra vires and

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Case Title: New India Assurance Co. Ltd v/s M/S Mudit Roadways (SC)
Civil Appeal No 334/2023
Decided on 24.1.2023 by SC
Legal Issue: Repudiation of claim on new grounds
“it is a settled position that an insurance company cannot travel beyond the grounds mentioned in letter of repudiation .If insurance has not taken delay in intimation as a specific ground in the letter of repudiation ,they cannot do so at the stage of hearing of the consumer complaint before NCDRC’
Referred case: Galada Power & Telecommunication Ltd V/S United India Insurance Co.Ltd (2016)

An insurance company cannot travel beyond the grounds mentioned in letter of repudiation
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