Abdul Mannan S/o Late Abdul Majid VS Branch Manager, L. I. C. of India

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AVM J. RAJENDRA
Abdul Mannan S/o Late Abdul Majid – Appellant
Versus
Branch Manager, L. I. C. of India – Respondent

Advocates:
Counsel for the Parties:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Verma, Advocate
For the Respondent:Mr. Rajesh K. Gupta, Advocate

ORDER

The present Revision Petition has been filed by the Petitioner under Section 21(b) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (the “Act”) against impugned order dated 21.04.2015, passed by the learned Jharkhand State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Ranchi, (‘the State Commission’) in First Appeal No. 24/2011 wherein the State Commission allowed the Appeal filed by the Respondent/OP against the order dated 07.12.2010 passed by the learned District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Dhanbad, (‘the District Forum’) wherein the District Forum had allowed the complaint filed by the Petitioner/Complainant.

2. For convenience, the parties are referred to as placed in the original Complaint filed before the District Forum.

3. Brief facts of the case, as per the Complainant, are that his wife took a policy on 8.11.2005 under ‘Jeevan Anand (With profits) (With Benefit) Accidental Policy for Rs. 5 Lakhs form LIC with the yearly premium of Rs.41,930/-. His wife suddenly fell ill and died on 19.11.2008 due to “Cardio Respiratory Failure.” He intimated the LIC and lodged his insurance claim but it was repudiated by dated 29.1.2010 against which he preferred appeal before the Zonal Office