Ananda Nayak v. the Manager (Claims), Life Insurance Corporation of India, Bbsr
Case brief
What is this about?
Ananda Nayak v. The Manager (Claims), Life Insurance Corporation of India & others, W.P.(C) No.30761 of 2025, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, coram Justice G. Satapathy, order dated 10.07.2026. Petitioner through counsel B.K.Nayak/Bijaya Kumar Nayak sought a direction to LIC to decide his pending insured-amount claim; Gurudutta Kar appeared for OP Nos. 1 & 2. Writ petition disposed; LIC given liberty to decide the claim in accordance with law if a claim was lodged. No statutes or precedents cited; no monetary figures stated.
What did the court decide?
No coercive direction issued; LIC, Bhubaneswar Branch left free to take any decision on the petitioner's claim in accordance with law, contingent on a claim having been lodged before it. ¶16