Virudhunagar District Shopper Disputes Redressal Discussion board has directed the supervisor of The New India Assurance Firm to pay ₹40,000 in direction of compensation for a two-wheeler that was destroyed in fireplace and ₹10,000 advantageous for inflicting psychological agony to the shopper by delaying the fee of compensation.
In an order dated December 7, discussion board president S.J. Chakkravarthi and member M. Muthulakshmi additionally directed the insurance coverage firm to pay ₹10,000 in direction of the litigation bills. The petitioner, R. Kannan of Pallapatti, stated his two-wheeler went up in flames when he was driving it in Might 2022. Together with the car, its authentic certificates have been additionally destroyed.
After the fireplace, he alerted Sivakasi East police and Sivakasi fireplace station. When he submitted the declare kind looking for compensation of ₹39.200, the insurance coverage firm delayed the fee of insured declared worth of ₹40,000 because the petitioner didn’t submit the fireplace report issued by the fireplace station and certificates of cancellation of registration of the destroyed car.
Later, the insurance coverage firm obtained these certificates, however didn’t make the fee of compensation for one yr.
