The Rajasthan royal family is in another controversy in their long-term legal battle, when former Indian pacer Srisance arrived at the highest court. Rajasthan Royals and United India Insurance Company are fighting the 2012 IPL season drama.
The issue began when the Rajasthan Royals filed an insurance claim of £82 rak or more after the Threesance was removed from the 2012 season. The fast bowler was forced to miss the entire 2012 IPL season due to a knee injury during a practice match.
The Supreme Court hears Rajasthan Royals Insurance Company feud against Sleesanth
The royal family claimed that they were eligible for coverage since the injury occurred during the insurance period, but United Indian Insurer refused. They rejected the allegations, claiming that Sleasance had already suffered a toe injury that he had not revealed since 2011.
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Rajasthan Royals’ claim was ineffective as the insurance company claimed that older injuries could have prevented Sreesanth from playing in IPL 2012. However, the franchise argued that the toe injury was not serious and that the Threesance had not stopped playing before.
They emphasized that it was a knee injury that completely ruled him out of that season, not anything else. Even the National Consumer Dispute Relief Commission (NCDRC) had previously ordered insurance companies to pay the amount asked by the Rajasthan royal family.
The Supreme Court sought more documents at the final hearing.
However, the company decided to escalate the issue and brought it to the Supreme Court. At the current recent hearing, judge Vikram Nass and Sandeep Meta’s benches were focusing on whether the injury to Sleassance’s old toe was revealed at the time of taking cover for the franchise.
The judge also questioned whether the insurance company already knew about the injury. If so, it should have not accepted the policy and agreed to cover the threesance in the first place.
The Supreme Court has now deferred the insurance company to submit more documents, including Threesance fitness certificates and original insurance applications, to see if the injury was disclosed before a final verdict was issued.
Insurance companies claim that Rajasthan Royals hid Sreesanth’s past injuries
During the hearing, United Indian Insurance Company was represented by additional lawyer Aishwaryabhati. The company argued that the main problem was that RR did not reveal injuries to the pacer’s toes.
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They said that policies were given on the assumption that all previous injuries were fully revealed, but the claims were not accepted because they were not.
RR argues that Threesance’s knee injury costs him an IPL 2012 and isn’t an old toe problem
On the other side, senior advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaur appeared in the court royal family. He argued that toe injuries had nothing to do with Threesance’s ability to play, as the bowlers were in the match after they had already recovered. Three Santo was a sudden knee injury during the insured period, which actually removed him from the tournament.
The Royals’ stance is that their main purpose in implementing such policies is to protect both the franchise and the players. If a cricketer is injured during the season and is unable to play, the policy should ensure that players’ payments and team costs are covered, regardless of old issues that did not affect fitness at the time.
Kaul also said that when Sreesanth joined the franchise, the insurance company was given a fitness certificate and another was submitted when another certificate suffered a knee injury.