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.
Two hundred and fifty days late, but not too late: the Delhi State Consumer Commission has accepted that treatment for clinical depression after a husband’s death was sufficient cause to excuse the delay in filing a health insurance complaint. New Delhi: A widow’s health insurance complaint, thrown out by a District Commission as time-barred, will […]
The 2011 substitution put a cap in Section 15 but gave no remedy with it, and the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that pre-2019 consumer claims above Rs 50 lakh are maintainable before the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, the upper pecuniary limit being unlimited. Jammu and Kashmir: Holding that pre-2019 […]
Does a killing planned by gangsters stop being an accident for an insurer? Not necessarily: murder by gangsters can be accidental death for insurance claims, the Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held, and LIC must pay the double accident benefit under four policies. Chandigarh: A District Commission order has been set aside by […]
The Delhi Government informed the High Court that officials of the State and District Consumer Commissions will remain in their positions until new appointments are made, following a Public Interest Litigation by Sardar RP Singh. The Bench emphasized the need for operational commissions and adherence to Supreme Court guidelines to prevent vacancies.
WhatsApp has filed a petition in the Allahabad High Court against a ruling by the Uttar Pradesh State Consumer Commission, which allowed a consumer complaint regarding a service disruption to proceed in Indian courts. The high court has put the proceedings on hold until further notice, with the next hearing scheduled for July.
The State Consumer Commission fined a private hospital Rs 1 lakh for employing a government doctor, Dr. Arvind Gupta, who administered hormone injections that harmed a patient’s fertility. A Lucknow doctor was ordered to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation for a 14-year treatment that left a Jaunpur patient infertile, along with Rs 25,000 in expenses.