Mohali, June 8 -- A consumer commission has awarded a Rs.4-lakh compensation to a Chandigarh resident whose insurance claim for damage to the sunroof of his luxury car, allegedly caused by a flower pot falling on the parked vehicle, was rejected by the insurer on grounds of misrepresentation.

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Mohali, directed Universal Sompo General Insurance Company to pay the compensation after finding deficiency in service in the repudiation of the claim filed by Anoop Singh Garwal, a resident of Manimajra, Chandigarh.

According to the complaint, Garwal's Mercedes-Benz suffered damage on May 25, 2023, when a flower pot fell on the vehicle's sunroof while it was parked outside his residence. He lodg...