NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. . vs DILBAGH RAI SHARMA — C.A. No. 1201/2004

Summary: C.A. No. 001201/2004 - National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Dilbagh Rai Sharma The Supreme Court allowed National Insurance Company's appeal against the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission's order. The Court held that the State Commission erred in refusing to condone a 102-day delay in filing the appeal and found National Insurance had made out a case for condonation. The Court set aside the orders of both the State and National Commissions and remitted the case back to the Chandigarh Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission for merit-based decision on the insurance dispute. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.