INDER JIT SINGH, SADHNA SHANKER
ICICI Bank Limited – Appellant
Versus
Sanwar Mal Sharma – Respondent
ORDER
Dr. Sadhna Shanker, Member.—The present two appeals have been filed under Section 19 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (for short ‘the Act’) by ICICI Bank Limited and ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the ‘bank’ and ‘insurance company’, respectively) assailing the Order dated 12.01.2017 passed by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Rajasthan (hereinafter referred to as the ‘State Commission’) in complaint No. 15 of 2010 whereby the complaint filed by the complainants was allowed.
F.A. No. 746 of 2017
2. In FA/746/2017, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd. is the appellant, although there was no appearance of behalf of the appellant and a copy of the proceedings dated 19.11.2024 sent to the appellant have come back with postal remarks ‘refused’ in respect of appellant No. 1 and ‘addressee left without instructions’ in respect of appellant No. 2 and 3. In view of the same, this first appeal is dismissed for non-prosecution.
In FA/308/2017, respondents Nos. 5-7 i.e., ICICI Lombard General Insurance was placed ex-parte vide order dated 22.09.2022.
F.A. No. 308 of 2017
3. The facts, in brief, are that complainants, who are engaged
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