The J&K State Consumer Commission has dismissed a Rs 35 lakh insurance claim for house damage in February 2015, holding that the complainants suppressed the surveyor’s visit and did not come with clean hands.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court imposed Rs 2,500 costs on a 77-year-old advocate after rejecting his plea to recall ex parte proceedings. The Court held he falsely claimed attendance during a hearing, stressing that litigants must approach courts with honesty, candour and clean hands.
