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KUMKUM RANI, B. S. MANRAL
National Insurance Company Limited – Appellant
Versus
Shiv Charan – Respondent
ORDER
Kumkum Rani, Judicial Member II—This appeal has been directed against the judgment and order dated 21.07.2014 passed by the learned District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Haridwar (hereinafter to be referred as the District Commission) in consumer complaint No. 81 of 2014 styled as Sh. Shiv Charan Vs. National Insurance Co. and Another, whereby and wherein the learned District Commission has allowed the complaint.
2. The facts giving rise to the present appeal, in brief, are as such that the complainant – respondent (in short “complainant”) has filed the complaint before the District Commission to claim a compensation of Rs. 4,30,000/- on account of damages of vehicle in question “Tata Indigo No. UK08-TA-2763” alongwith Rs. 250/- per day towards rent for parking charges, Rs. 4,000/- as towing charges and Rs. 500/- per day as loss of income and Rs. 10,000/- as costs of litigation alongwith Rs. 2,00,000/- for mental harassment, i.e. a total sum of Rs. 9,00,000/-. In the complaint, it was averred that vehicle in question was insured with the opposite party – appellant (
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