SURAT: Merely attending a dinner with friends where liquor was ordered cannot be construed as one being drunk, Navs
ari Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ruled, directing an insurance company to honour a medical claim of over Rs 3 lakh filed by a woman who needed surgery after a fall, reports Vishal Patadiya.
The commission also ordered the insurer to pay an additional Rs 5,000 as compensation for harassment.
The woman had visited a cafe in Mumbai in 2024. After dinner, she fell and suffered a leg injury. She was treated at Breach Candy Hospital. She later filed the claim from The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd - for coverage of Rs 8 lakh.
The insurer rejected it on May 19, 2025, arguing that the woman had drunk alcohol and fallen while inebriated.
Vishal Patadiya is the assistant editor with 20 years of experien...
Read MoreVishal Patadiya is the assistant editor with 20 years of experience in journalism. He has widely covered political, government administration, civic, aviation, crime and health beats and gave many breaking and exclusive stories with impact. He has covered all Gujarat civic, assembly and Lok Sabha elections since 2006. He has covered Gujarat’s major events including Vibrant Summits, Surat floods, hooch tragedy, Ahmedabad bomb blast, Asaram Ashram deaths, Patidar agitation among others.
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