MEENA DEVI And ANR vs UNION OF INDIA And ORS Advocate - MD.MOKHTAR KHAN, ,AMARESH KUMAR,AMARESH KUMAR,AMARESH KUMAR — WPC/5601/2009

Disposed: Contested--Allowed on 04th May 2026.

Case disposed Next hearing 01-Oct-2016

CNR: JHHC010016142009

Filing Number

WPC/23085/2009

Filing Date

02-Dec-2009

Registration No

WPC/5601/2009

Registration Date

02-Dec-2009

Judge

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

Coram

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

Judicial Branch

Civil Section

Decision Date

04-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Allowed

Last updated 04-Jun-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.MEENA DEVI And ANR

    Adv. SUNIL KUMAR

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.UNION OF INDIA And ORS Advocate - MD.MOKHTAR KHAN, ,AMARESH KUMAR,AMARESH KUMAR,AMARESH KUMAR

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 04-May-2026

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar DwivediView PDF

    Case Summary: Meena Devi v. Union of India (WPC 5601/2009) The Jharkhand High Court allowed the writ petition and quashed National Insurance Company's rejection of a Rs.1 lakh accidental death insurance claim. The court held that the deceased's murder during kidnapping constituted an "accident" under insurance law because the dominant intention was kidnapping/theft, not murder—thus satisfying the "accidental murder" doctrine established in Rita Devi v. New India Assurance. The acquittal of the accused supported this finding. The court directed payment within six weeks. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 04-May-2026

    Admission

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi

  4. 28-Jan-2025

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    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rajesh Shankar

  5. 08-Jan-2025

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  6. 08-Jan-2025

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    Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary

  7. 05-Dec-2024

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  8. 21-Dec-2022

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kailash Prasad Deo

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  18. 28-Sep-2022

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  20. 14-Sep-2022

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  21. 07-Sep-2022

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  22. 31-Aug-2022

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  23. 16-Aug-2022

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  24. 16-Aug-2022

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  25. 02-Aug-2022

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  26. 01-Aug-2022

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  27. 25-Jul-2022

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  28. 06-Jul-2022

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  29. 06-Jul-2022

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  30. 29-Jun-2022

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  31. 22-Jun-2022

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  32. 15-Jun-2022

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  33. 08-Jun-2022

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  34. 08-Jun-2022

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  35. 02-Dec-2009

    Case filed

    Registration No. WPC/5601/2009

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary: Meena Devi v. Union of India (WPC 5601/2009) The Jharkhand High Court allowed the writ petition and quashed National Insurance Company's rejection of a Rs.1 lakh accidental death insurance claim. The court held that the deceased's murder during kidnapping constituted an "accident" under insurance law because the dominant intention was kidnapping/theft, not murder—thus satisfying the "accidental murder" doctrine established in Rita Devi v. New India Assurance. The acquittal of the accused supported this finding. The court directed payment within six weeks. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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