An insurance company cannot deny claim in case of the murder of a person insured for accidental death unless such crimes are excepted in the policy, the apex consumer body has ruled.
The ruling by National Consumer Disputes Commission (NCDRC) came in connection with a 2009 murder case in which it upheld the decision of the Maharsahtra state consumer disputes redressal commission to direct the insurance company- Royal Sundaram- to pay the insured amount of Rs 20 lakh to one Pawan Muchand ..
