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Consumer protection: Insurer must prove, not infer, pre-existing ailments
The State Commission noted it could not be inferred from the medical certificate that these ailments were present when the policyholder purchased the policies
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The National Commission observed that the leave record indicated that leave was occasionally taken for a few days at a time.
Banku Bihari Das was an employee of the Hugli River Bridge Commission, West Bengal. He purchased five insurance policies from Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India.
At the age of 43, he was hospitalised on September 13, 2011, at Northland Nursing Home in Kolkata. He was discharged on September 22, 2011. The fitness certificate stated that he would be able to resume normal duties from November 4, 2011.
However, before he could return to work, he fell seriously ill and was admitted to the ICU of the same nursing home, where he ultimately died on December 2, 2011.
His sister,
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