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VENUTHURUMALLI GOPALA KRISHNA RAO
Br. mgr Oriental Insura. Comp. Ltd – Appellant
Versus
Venkateswara Poly Systems – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Venuthurumalli Gopala Krishna Rao, J.
This Appeal, under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure [for short ‘the C.P.C.’], is filed by the Appellants/Defendant Nos.5 and 6, challenging the Decree and Judgment, dated 16.02.2001 in O.S.No.96 of 1996 passed by the learned Additional Senior Civil Judge, Tirupati [for short ‘the Trial Court’]. The 1st Respondent herein is the plaintiff, respondent Nos.2 to 5 are defendant Nos.1 to 4 and the appellants are the defendant Nos.5 and 6 in the said Suit.
2. The 1st respondent/plaintiff filed the Suit for recovery of Rs.2,24,615/- being the amount payable by the defendants towards repairing charges and damages with interest at 12% per annum from 05.04.1993 to 20.02.1996.
3. Both the parties in the Appeal will be referred to as they are arrayed before the Trial Court.
4. The brief averments in the plaint in O.S. No.96 of 1996 are as under:
The court established that an insurance policy is valid if obtained before the insured event, and misrepresentation claims must be substantiated by evidence.
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