Udupi: Social activist Satwaadi Mithun Shetty, proprietor of New Medicals, Kundapur, has submitted a policy proposal titled ‘One Nation, One Health’ (ONOH) to the Union and state govts, seeking a single, universal health insurance scheme offering completely free healthcare to every Indian citizen, irrespective of caste, age, gender, income or medical condition.The proposal has been…
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…
Surat: A car owner has secured an insurance claim of Rs 1.25 lakh even though he failed to conclusively establish the circumstances of the accident that damaged his four-wheeler.The Navsari Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (CDRC), while ruling in favour of the complainant, observed that although the accident itself remained unproven, the damage to the vehicle…
Udupi: If the insurance policy is not transferred within 14 days of the vehicle ownership transfer, the second-hand owner is not eligible to seek compensation against the insurance company under service deficiency, ruled Udupi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in an order.The complainant, a resident of Bhatkal, purchased a car from a person in Bengaluru….
Vadodara: She spent a harrowing time in the hospital while undergoing treatment for Covid during the pandemic in Vadodara in Nov 2020. When her husband Mukesh Shah filed an insurance claim of Rs 1.41 lakh, the insurer rejected it by arguing that she had suffered from tuberculosis 20 years ago which wasn’t declared while buying…
