The national consumer court granted relief to the man, despite the attempts by Mahatma Gandhi Mission Hospital to portray the case as an extortion attempt by the boy’s father.
LIC health insurance claim: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) was ordered by NCDRC to pay Rs 1.57 crore to the husband of deceased policy holder who died from Breast Cancer in 2017. The said policy was approved by LIC in 2016 after eco and medical tests were done by the policyholder.
The court used the concept of "estoppel by election of remedy" which applies when multiple remedies are available for an issue and where the remedies might run in contradiction to each other.
The National Consumer Commission ordered Lufthansa and British Airways to pay ₹ 50 lakhs compensation for the harrowing experience undergone by a passenger after she was unilaterally re-routed by the airlines.