Amudhavalli vs Hdfc Ergo General Insurance Co. Ltd

insc-2025-1219 Supreme Court of India 26 September 2025 • Special Leave Petition (C) No.6117 of 2020 • 5 min read
9 cases cited (0 SG, 9 foreign) Cited by 1 case

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Case Significance

Amudhavalli vs Hdfc Ergo General Insurance Co. Ltd is a Supreme Court of India decision dated September 26, 2025 (citation: insc-2025-1219). Motor accident claimants challenged the High Court's reversal of the Tribunal's 'pay and recover' direction in a case where a passenger died traveling in a goods vehicle on fare. The Supreme Court dismissed the petition, finding a fundamental breach of insurance policy conditions as the goods vehicle had carried a fare-paying passenger. The bench comprised Justices K. Vinod Chandran and N.V. Anjaria. The judgment was delivered by Justice K. Vinod Chandran. Counsel appearing: Joy Basu (counsel for respondent), Mohan Raj (counsel for petitioner).

This case has been cited by 1 subsequent judgment. The judgment references 9 case citations.

Summary

Motor accident claimants challenged the High Court's reversal of the Tribunal's 'pay and recover' direction in a case where a passenger died traveling in a goods vehicle on fare. The Supreme Court dismissed the petition, finding a fundamental breach of insurance policy conditions as the goods vehicle had carried a fare-paying passenger.

What was the outcome of Amudhavalli vs Hdfc Ergo General Insurance Co. Ltd?

Motor accident claimants challenged the High Court's reversal of the Tribunal's 'pay and recover' direction in a case where a passenger died traveling in a goods vehicle on fare. The Supreme Court dis...

Cases Cited (9)

IN (9)
(2000) 1 SCC 237 (2003) 2 SCC 223 (2004) 2 SCC 1 (2004) 3 SCC 297 (2004) 8 SCC 517 (2008) 8 SCC 246 (2013) 2 SCC 41 (2018) 9 SCC 650 2025 INSC 1219

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Judgment

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Source: Indian Kanoon (insc-2025-1219)