STATE CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION UTTARAKHAND, DEHRADUN Date of Admission : 29.08.2017 Date of Final Hearing : 10.01.2025 Date of Pronouncement : 22.01.2025 First Appeal No. 127 / 2017 United India Insurance Co. Ltd.

Divisional Office, Haldwani Through Regional Office, 899/1, Ratan Complex Hotel Ratan Palace, 1^st Floor, Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun Through its Manager (Through: Sh. Suresh Gautam, Advocate)

…..Appellant VERSUS Sh. Rajendra Singh Bisht S/o Sh. Narendra Singh Bisht R/o H. No. 24, Devpur Kuria, Haldwani, Distt. Nainital (Through: Sh. Amit Agarwal, Advocate)

…..Respondent Nos. 1/1 to 1/4 Coram:

Ms. Kumkum Rani, President Mr. C.M. Singh, Member

ORDER

(Per: Ms. Kumkum Rani, President):

This appeal under Section 15 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 has been directed against judgment and order dated 18.07.2017 passed by the learned District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Nainital (hereinafter to be referred as the District Commission) in consumer complaint No. 103 of 2016 styled as Sh. Rajendra Singh Bisht vs. United India Insurance Co.

Ltd., wherein and whereby the complaint was allowed.

2. The facts giving rise to the present appeal, in brief, are as such that an Ei