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Insurance company cannot be exempted from granting claim when person himself had not contributed to occurrence of accident in any manner


Last updated: 12 November 2022

Court :
Kerala High Court

Brief :
THE HIGH COURT HELD THAT merely because a person has consumed alcohol in excess of the limit prescribed under the penal provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, it could not be said that he was 'under the influence of the alcohol', and the insurance company cannot be exempted from granting the claim when the person himself had not contributed to the occurrence of the accident in any manner.

Citation :
WP(C) NO. 21669 OF 2012

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