NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. vs KONDAPALI SUBBA LAKSHMI . — C.A. No. 6279/2003

Case Summary: New India Assurance Co. Ltd. v. Kondapali Subba Lakshmi Outcome: The Supreme Court dismissed the civil appeal on September 25, 2013, citing the smallness of the amount involved. However, the Court kept the underlying question of law open for consideration in an appropriate future case. Key Details: A three-judge bench (Justices H.L. Dattu, M.Y. Eqbal, and Shiva Kirti Singh) heard the appeal and declined to entertain it based on the limited monetary value at stake, though the legal issues raised were not foreclosed from future litigation. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.