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Legal Principle: The insurer agrees to pay no more than the actual amount of the loss.

Fact Situation: Sunny insures his car worth rupees five lakh with X, an insurance company, for its value. He again insures the same car with Y, another insurance company, on the same terms. There is an accident and the car suffers a total loss. In his separate suits against X and Y, if Sunny recovers rupees five lakh from X, how much can he recover from Y?

Which of the following statements is the most appropriate in relation to the legal principle stated above?

Options

A

Sunny can recover rupees five lakhs from Y.

B

Sunny cannot recover any amount from Y.

C

Sunny must pay Y, the rupees five lakhs he received from X.

D

Sunny cannot insure his car with both X and Y at the same time.

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Correct Answer :

Option B

Sunny cannot recover any amount from Y.

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