Consumer Forum asks insurance firm to pay Rs 49 lakh to engineer

Mumbai: Observing that New India Assurance had arbitrarily repudiated the insurance claim payable under a policy and rendered deficiency in service, the Maharashtra Consumer Commission has asked the firm to pay Rs 49 lakh to a former Air India flight engineer by August 25.
The amount includes Rs 20 lakh policy amount, Rs 28.5 lakh interest on the original claim at the rate of 15 percent per annum from February 2003 when the claim was repudiated, Rs 50,000 compensation for mental agony and Rs 25,000 as costs of the litigation, a three-member bench ruled recently.
Complainant D Janardanan was employed with Air India as flight engineer holding a valid licence effective from January 8, 1976. The licence was renewed from time to time. He was also a member of Indian Flight Engineers' Association (IFEA), which is affiliated to International Federation of Airline Pilots' Association (IFEA), and International Transport Workers' Federation (ITE).
15/08/12 PTI/Deccan Herald

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