Haryana

StateCommission

A/654/2016

NEELAM - Complainant(s)

Versus

MAX LIFE INSURANCE CO.LTD. - Opp.Party(s)

R.S.BUDHWAR

28 Sep 2016

ORDER

STATE CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION HARYANA, PANCHKULA

 

                                                          First Appeal No.    654 of 2016

Date of Institution:  18.07.2016

Date of Decision:    28.09.2016

 

 

Mrs. Neelam daughter of Sh. Gian Singh, resident of House No.413, Sector 2, Urban Estate, Kurukshetra, now resident of House No.819, Sector 3, Urban Estate, Kurukshetra, District Kurukshetra.

Appellant-Complainant

 

 

Versus

 

1.      Max Life Insurance Company Limited, Kurukshetra, SCO No.7 & 8, Sector 17, Market, Near LIC Office, Kurukshetra, through its Branch Manager/Executive Officer/Competent Authority.

 

2.      Max Life Insurance Company Limited, Chandigarh, SCO No.10, 102, 103, 2^nd Floor, Batra Building, Sector 17D, Chandigarh through its Ombudsman/CEO/Managing Director/Competent Authority.

 

Respondents-Opposite Parties

 

 

CORAM:   Hon’ble Mr. Justice Nawab Singh, President.

                   Mr. B.M. Bedi, Judicial Member.

                   Mr. Diwan Singh Chauhan, Member.

      

Present:     Mr. Ankit Rana, Advocate for the appellant

                   None for the respondents

                    

                            

O R D E R

 

 

 NAWAB SINGH J, (ORAL)

 

This complainant’s appeal is directed against the order dated May 16^th, 2016 passed by District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Kurukshetra (for short, ‘District Forum’) whereby the complaint was dismissed in default.

2.      Notice was issued to the respondents by registered post acknowledgment due for today but none has appeared on their behalf.

3.      Learned counsel for the appellant has urged that the complainant wrongly noted the date, due to which she could not appear on the date fixed and complaint was dismissed in default. 

4.      He further urged that the impugned order be set aside and complaint be restored at its original number.

5.      Be that as it may and without delving deeper, the appeal is accepted and the impugned order is set-aside. The complaint is restored to the board of the District Forum for adjudication on merits.

6.      The District Forum is directed to issue notice to the parties and shall proceed in accordance with law.

7.      Copy of this order be sent to the District Forum.

 

Announced 28.09.2016

(Diwan Singh Chauhan) Member

(B.M. Bedi) Judicial Member

(Nawab Singh) President

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