India, Nov. 29 -- The Mumbai Suburban District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered an insurance company to pay Rs.66.50 lakh to a city resident after ruling that the company wrongfully rejected his overseas cancer treatment claim. The commission held that the insurer was guilty of adopting unfair trade practices and ordered the money to be paid within two months along with compensation and litigation costs.

The judgment was passed by the commission president Samindara R Surve and a member Sameer S Kamble in late October. The complainant, Alok Rajendra Bector, had bought a worldwide medical insurance policy in 2017 for himself and his son, which offered him a Rs.65 lakh insurance claim. He was diagnosed with cancer on Augus...