Complainant Ram Yadav is a Driver by Profession

CHANDIGARH: Failure to pay for the repair of a vehicle damaged in a road accident has raised trouble for the insurance company. The Chandigarh District Consumer Commission has imposed a fine of Rs 17,000 to New India Insurance Company.

The Company was ordered to pay Rs 7,000 as litigation expenses along with a repair amount of Rs 10,000. The complainant, Ram Yadav, a resident of Mohali, had registered the complaint to the Commission. Counsel for the complainant, Kanwar Chaudhary, said that Ram Yadav is a driver by profession.

Yadav had insured his vehicle PB 65 AR 6278 from 17 February 2018 to 16 February 2019 with New India Insurance Insurance Company. On 24 December 2018, his car met with an accident in Shahabad, Kurukshetra, Haryana. He got the vehicle repaired at an authorized service center and informed the concerned insurance company. The surveyor of the insurance company inspected the vehicle and also took the insurance policy documents but they didn't paid the amount of repair of the vehicle. After which, the Chandigarh District Consumer Commission took the action against the company.