{"id":89529,"date":"2009-12-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-shweta-dilip-mehta-and-ors-on-17-december-2009"},"modified":"2016-09-25T20:40:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T15:10:27","slug":"the-new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-shweta-dilip-mehta-and-ors-on-17-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/the-new-india-assurance-co-ltd-vs-shweta-dilip-mehta-and-ors-on-17-december-2009","title":{"rendered":"The New India Assurance Co.Ltd vs Shweta Dilip Mehta And Ors on 17 December, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Bombay High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">The New India Assurance Co.Ltd vs Shweta Dilip Mehta And Ors on 17 December, 2009<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: S.A. Bobde, S. J. Kathawalla<\/div>\n<pre>                                              1\n\n             IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY\n                       CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION\n\n\n\n\n                                                                               \n                        FIRST APPEAL NO. 969 OF 2008\n                                   WITH\n\n\n\n\n                                                      \n                       FIRST APPEAL NO. 1262 OF 2008.\n\n     The New India Assurance Co.Ltd.                   ..Appellant.\n          v\/s.\n\n\n\n\n                                                     \n     Shweta Dilip Mehta and Ors.                       ..Respondents.\n\n           WITH\n     Shweta Dilip Mehta.                               ..Appellant.\n\n\n\n\n                                        \n           v\/s.\n     Muralidhar Shankar Khare &amp; Ors.\n                        ig                             ..Respondents.\n                                          ....\n     Mr. Tejpal S. Ingale, for Appellant in First Appeal No.1262 of 2008.\n                                          ....\n                      \n                                     CORAM : S.A. BOBDE &amp;\n                                                   S.J.KATHAWALLA, JJ.\n<\/pre>\n<p>                                     DATE      : 17TH  DECEMBER 2009.\n<\/p>\n<p>     P.C.\n<\/p>\n<p>                 Called   for   speaking   to   the   Minutes   of   the   Judgment <\/p>\n<p>     reserved on 5th December 2009 and pronounced on 14th December <\/p>\n<p>     2009.\n<\/p>\n<p>     2.          Add the following as the first line in the appearance :-\n<\/p>\n<p>                 &#8220;Mr. Tejpal S. Ingale, for Appellant in First Appeal No.<\/p>\n<p>     1262 of 2008.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                                                  [S.A. BOBDE, J.]<\/p>\n<p>                                                  [ S.J.KATHAWALLA, J. ]<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                       ::: Downloaded on &#8211; 09\/06\/2013 15:25:56 :::<\/span>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bombay High Court The New India Assurance Co.Ltd vs Shweta Dilip Mehta And Ors on 17 December, 2009 Bench: S.A. Bobde, S. J. Kathawalla 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION FIRST APPEAL NO. 969 OF 2008 WITH FIRST APPEAL NO. 1262 OF 2008. The New India Assurance Co.Ltd. ..Appellant. 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