Motorists should beware alighting from their car at night, leaving their vehicle by the roadside to answer the call of nature. City resident Bakshish Singh of Sector 49 had to knock the doors of the UT Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum to get the insurance claim for his vehicle after he had left his car for some time on the roadside, and car-jackers sped away with it near the Balongi Bridge at Mohali.
The UT Consumer Forum allowed Singh's claim and directed the insurance company to compensate him for the loss of the car. The Forum directed the company to pay Rs 5.99 lakh to Singh as the insured declared value of his vehicle along with interest at the rate of 9 per cent per annum from the date on which his claim was denied (December 2009). The Forum also directed the firm to pay Rs 7,000 to Singh as cost of litigation.
The insurance company filed an appeal in the UT Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission regarding the Forum's order. The Commission upheld the order of the Forum.
Singh had complained to the Forum that in May 2009, he was returning home after attending a function at about 11.45 pm. He stopped near Balongi Bridge in Mohali to answer the call of nature. On coming back to his car, he found four persons fiddling with it. Singh said that when he tried to stop them, they snatched the ignition keys from him and sped away in the car.
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