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                              Rs.5,00,000/- each for next three years without approaching the
                              opposite party insurance company for delivery of insurance pol-

                              icy.  ...116
                       Policy – Pre dated – Suicide  - Proposal form submitted for obtaining the

                              insurance policy was 25.11.2009 on which date policy was issued

                              -  Although the date of commencement of risk has been pre-dated
                              28.9.1999 the date of issue of policy is 25.11.1999 -  Life assured

                                                      th
                              committed  suicide  on  9  October,  2002  i.e.  within  three  years
                              from the date of issue of policy - Condition 4 (B) excludes the li-
                              ability of the insurance company to pay insurance claim for the

                              death  of  the  life  assured  due  to  suicide  committed  within  three
                              years of the date of issue of policy, the insurance company was

                              justified in repudiating the insurance claim. ...45
                       Policy – Terms and conditions not alleged to be supplied  - Complainant

                              stated that they were only given two pages of the policy and the

                              terms  and  conditions  of  the  policy  were  not  made  available  to
                              them  and  the  petitioner  was  unaware  of  the  same  -  In  the  two

                              pages of the policy allegedly given to the petitioner, it has been
                              clearly  mentioned  -―We  urge  you  to  go  through  the  conditions

                              and  privileges  under  the  policy  and  familiarize  yourself  with
                              various benefits and conditions available to you and other mem-

                              bers covered‖- Petitioner could not explain the reasons why the

                              petitioner  did  not  ask  for  the  full  documents  of  the  terms  and
                              conditions of the policy, if he had not received the same, even af-

                              ter receiving the two pages wherein it had clearly been requested

                              to  go  through  the  same  by  the  insurance  company  -  The  State




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