Supreme Court allowed appeal, directing National Insurance Company to recover compensation paid to victim from Vel Tech Engineering College.
Court found insurance policy was only valid until Jan 5 2003 and not renewed for the accident date of Sep 11 2004.
The insurer had complied with High Court award, and judgment orders Tamil Nadu DGP to issue SOP for doubtful insurance claims.
The case is linked to SLP (C) No.5582 of 2023 for pan‑India monitoring of fraudulent insurance claims.