NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD Vs. MOHAMMAD SHAFI BHAT

JUDGEMENT

(1.) These Appeals, filed u/s 17 of Jammu and Kashmir State Consumers Protection Act, 1987, arise from a common order passed by the Jammu and Kashmir State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Srinagar (Commission for short), impugned herein. Since identical question of law is involved in all these cases, they are taken up together and are disposed of along with connected CMPs by this common order.

(2.) The admitted facts, which are taken from the impugned order of the Commission, annexed with CIMA 162/2012 are summarized below :

(3.) Despite all these admitted facts, the Appellants repudiated claims of the respondents complainants, constraining them to approach the Commission. The Commission, by its order dated 18-05-2012, allowed the complaints of the respondents and directed the Appellants to pay the amount in the manner directed by the Commission in the aforesaid order.