ORDER

Ram Surat Ram Maurya, Presiding Member.—Heard Mr. Aman Preet Singh Rahi, Advocate, for M/s. Balaji Textiles and Dr. Sudhir Bisla, Advocate, for New India Assurance Company Ltd.

2. M/s. Balaji Textiles filed Consumer Complaint No.26 of 2010, for directing New India Assurance Company Ltd. (the Insurer) to pay (i) balance insurance claim of Rs.6500000/- with interest @12% per annum, with monthly rest, under the insurance policy (ii) Rs.10/- lacs as compensation for mental torture and harassment (iii) Rs.3/- lacs as the cost of litigation and (iv) Rs.50000/- as expenses incurred in preparation of photographs, debris sheet and map, etc. State Commission, by impugned order dated 07.11.2014, allowed the complaint and directed New India Assurance Company Ltd. to pay (i) balance insurance claim of Rs.5908872/-, (ii) Rs.1/- lac as compensation and (iii) Rs.11000/- lacs as the cost of litigation. The Insured and the Insurer both have filed their separate appeals. As these appeals arise out of the same order passed in one complaint as such, these appeals were consolidated and heard together.

3. The facts, as stated in the complaint and emerged from the documents attached with the complai