A health insurance company has been fined Rs 30,000 for wrongly rejecting a medical claim. The insurer has also been ordered to pay Rs 2 lakh to the claimant, along with interest.

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Mohali has ruled in favor of a policyholder, Kuldeep Singh Sandhu, who was wrongfully denied a mediclaim by HDFC ERGO Health Insurance Ltd. Sandhu had purchased a group mediclaim policy through Canara Bank, which...