Mohali, Aug. 8 -- The district consumer disputes redressal commission, Ropar, camp court at Mohali, has directed Universal Sompo General Insurance to pay Rs.2 lakh to a Kurali resident after holding that it wrongly rejected his motor insurance claim on the ground that the vehicle had not been formally transferred in his name at the time of the accident.

The commission held that Amrish Kaushal had purchased the vehicle, paid the insurance premium and initiated the registration transfer process before the accident. It ruled that the delay in transferring the registration certificate (RC) resulted from the Covid-19 pandemic and could not be attributed to the complainant.

According to the complaint, Kaushal, a resident of Kurali in Mohali d...