NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. vs HARSOLIA MOTORS — C.A. No. 5352 - 5353/2007

Case under Section XVII-A. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010056072005

Filing Date

10-Mar-2005

Registration No

C.A. No. 5352 - 5353/2007

Diary Number

5607/2005

Order Date

13-Apr-2023

Document Type

Judgement - of Main Case

Neutral Citation

2023 INSC 367

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 19-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section XVII-A

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD.

    Adv. AMIT KUMAR SINGH[P-1]

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.HARSOLIA MOTORS

    Adv. YASH PAL DHINGRA M. J. PAUL (Dead / Retired / Elevated) [INT] YASH PAL DHINGRA

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 13-Apr-2023

    Judgement - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 13-Apr-2023

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  4. 13-Apr-2023

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Rastogi and Hon'ble Ms. Justice Bela M. Trivedi

  5. 16-Feb-2023

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  6. 16-Feb-2023

    Fixed Date by Court

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Rastogi and Hon'ble Mr. Justice C.T. Ravikumar

  7. 09-Feb-2023

    Ordinary

    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Rastogi and Hon'ble Ms. Justice Bela M. Trivedi

  8. 22-Jul-2021

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Rastogi

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, Hon'ble Ms. Justice Indira Banerjee and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.M. Joseph

  14. 13-Apr-2021

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, Hon'ble Ms. Justice Indira Banerjee and Hon'ble Mr. Justice K.M. Joseph

  15. 08-Apr-2021

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  21. 10-Dec-2020

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vineet Saran and Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat

  22. 08-Dec-2020

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  45. 21-Feb-2019

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  46. 07-Feb-2019

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Hon'ble Mr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud

  47. 15-Nov-2018

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Hon'ble Mr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit

  51. 07-Aug-2018

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit

  52. 12-Jul-2018

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit

  53. 10-Jul-2018

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Umesh Lalit

  54. 27-Mar-2018

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice J. Chelameswar and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul

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  59. 14-Mar-2018

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    Hon'ble Mr. Justice J. Chelameswar and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul

  60. 21-Feb-2018

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  73. 01-Feb-2017

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  85. 13-Jan-2016

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  105. 30-Jan-2006

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  106. 13-Jul-2005

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  107. 10-Mar-2005

    Case filed

    Registration No. C.A. No. 5352 - 5353/2007

  108. [ 2023 INSC 367 ]

    Judgement - of Main CaseView PDF

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Summary: National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Harsolia Motors (C.A. No. 005352-005353/2007) Court's Decision: The Supreme Court held that commercial entities can be "consumers" under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 when purchasing insurance policies, since insurance is primarily for indemnifying losses—not for generating profit. The Court dismissed the insurance company's appeals and ruled that whether a transaction is for "commercial purpose" depends on whether it has a close nexus with profit-generating activities, not merely on the purchaser's commercial status. Key Reasoning: Insurance contracts are indemnity contracts aimed at covering contingent losses, without direct profit-generation intent. The Court established that a transaction's characterization as "commercial" requires case-specific analysis examining whether profit generation was the dominant purpose, and that the mere fact a commercial enterprise makes a purchase does not automatically exclude it from consumer protections. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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