Chandigarh, Sept. 6 -- Ruling that Care Health Insurance Ltd failed to establish claims of concealed medical history, the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed the firm to pay an additional Rs.72,532 towards an insured policyholder's medical expenses.

The panel also enhanced compensation for mental agony and harassment from Rs.10,000 to Rs.25,000 alongside litigation costs from Rs.10,000 to Rs.15,000. Delivered on August 20 by a bench of president justice Raj Shekhar Attri and member Preetinder Singh, the order partly allowed an appeal filed by Sudipta Bedbak against the District Consumer Commission-I's verdict dated November 3, 2025.

The dispute arose after Bedbak's mother, who was covered under the health policy, w...