Anupam Dasgupta, Presiding Member—This revision petition is directed against the order dated 14.07.2011 of the Andhra Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Hyderabad (in short, ‘the State Commission’) in appeal no. 1301 of 2009. By this order, the State Commission allowed the appeal of the respondent/complainant and held that repudiation of the insurance claim of the respondent/complainant on account of death of his father (insured) was not sustainable. The State Commission, therefore, directed the petitioner Insurance Company to pay the insured amount of Rs. 5 lakh to the respondent/complainant with cost of Rs.2000/- within two weeks of the date of its order.

2. I have heard Mr. K. L. Nandwani, learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the records carefully.

3 (i)The ground on which the insurance claim of the respondent/complainant was repudiated and also urged by Mr. Nandwani was that the death of the insured was intimated after four months as against the stipulated period of one month.

(ii) Dealing with this contention of the insurance company, the State Commission has observed as under:

“7. There is no dispute of the fact that the appellant’s father ob