Ahmedabad: A district consumer commission in Ahmedabad has directed United India Insurance Company Ltd to pay Rs 3 lakh, along with 7% annual interest, to a policyholder, ruling that the insurer’s rejection of his mediclaim for cancer treatment was arbitrary, illegal and invalid.The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (Additional), Ahmedabad, passed the order on a…
Ahmedabad: When medical advice not to travel led an Ahmedabad resident to cancel an overseas tour, he expected a refund. Instead he found himself locked in a battle over hefty cancellation charges, , prompting him to approach the consumer commission. Finding no evidence that the travel company had incurred the claimed expenses, the commission ordered…
Vadodara: Slamming a private bank for forcefully taking possession of a borrower’s household goods, the Vadodara consumer forum directed it to pay the borrowed Rs 3 lakh as compensation. The forum called the bank’s conduct deficient in service and negligent.Manish Chauhan had taken a housing loan of Rs 12.38 lakh from HDFC in 2016 and…
Mangaluru: A man was arrested and remanded in judicial custody after the district consumer disputes redressal commission in Udupi sentenced him to three years simple imprisonment for wilfully failing to comply with its order in a consumer dispute involving registration of an apartment or payment of compensation.Decree holder Santosh Pai had filed a consumer complaint…
Noida: District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered Reliance Digital to refund Rs 49,990 — the cost of an LED TV purchased in 2018 that repeatedly malfunctioned — along with a fine of Rs 2,000.Commission president Anil Kumar Pundir and member Anju Sharma passed the order on Monday, directing the company to pay the amount…
Noida: A consumer commission has directed a technology firm to refund Rs 80,000 with interest and a penalty of Rs 10,000 to an Allahabad-based entrepreneur who had purchased a paper plate-making machine about nine years ago. He alleged that the machine never functioned properly.The entrepreneur, Shiv Prasad Vishwakarma, had bought the machine on May 1,…
Vadodara: Cost of surgery varies depending on the doctor, patient condition and medical equipment used, and therefore such procedures cannot have uniform charges, the Vadodara Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ruled while directing an insurance company to honour a patient’s claim.The case involved a woman who underwent surgery for menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding) in March 2024….
BENGALURU: When a techie enrolled for a cybersecurity certification course hoping it would help her earn a promotion at work, she expected a structured classroom training on a schedule that the institute had promised to tailor around her professional commitments.Instead, the institute pushed unwanted online alternatives and held on to nearly Rs 79,000 she had…
Customer’s CIBIL score hit after LIC HFL PAN-linking error Kalaburagi: District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed LIC Housing Finance Ltd (LIC HFL) to pay Rs 40,000 to a customer after his CIBIL score was affected by a PAN linking error.It also ordered the company to correct the records, issue a no due certificate, and…
TNNChandigarh: A Chandigarh-based advocate has won a consumer case against a leading pet food manufacturer after discovering live worms inside a sealed packet of dog food meant for her seven-year-old Labrador.The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh, directed the company to refund the cost of the product and pay compensation after holding the company guilty…
